Background
Barron, Donald H. was born on April 9, 1905 in Flandreau, South Dakota, United States. Son of George E. and Mae Louella (Reed) Barron.
Barron, Donald H. was born on April 9, 1905 in Flandreau, South Dakota, United States. Son of George E. and Mae Louella (Reed) Barron.
Bachelor of Arts, Carleton College, 1928; Master of Science, Iowa State College of Agriculture and Mechanic Arts, 1929; Doctor of Philosophy, Yale, 1932; Master of Arts (honorary), Cambridge, 1936; Doctor of Science, Cambridge, 1974.
Assistant plant physiology, Iowa State College, 1928-1929;
assistant biology, Yale, 1929-1931;
anatomy, Yale, 1931-1932;
instructor anatomy, Albany Medical College, 1932-1933;
assistant professor anatomy, Albany Medical College, 1934-1935;
National Research Council fellow university of, Berne and Cambridge, 1933-1934;
demonstrator anatomy, University of Cambridge, 1935-1936;
lecturer, University of Cambridge, 1936-1940;
fellow, St. John's College and director medical studies, 1937-1940;
assistant professor zoology, U. Missouri, 1940-1942;
associate professor, U. Missouri, 1942-1943;
associate professor physiology, Yale School of Medicine, 1943-1947;
professor, Yale School of Medicine, 1947-1969;
professor emeritus, Yale School of Medicine, since 1969;
assistant dean school medicine, Yale School of Medicine, 1945-1948;
J. Wayne Reitz professor reproductive biology and medicine, U. Florida, School Medicine, Gainesville, since 1969;
doctoral research faculty, U. Florida, School Medicine, since 1971. Head expedition to study pregnancy at high altitudes in, Peru, 1958. Linacre lecturer St. John's College, Cambridge, England, 1966.
Sherrington Society lecturer St. Thomas' Hospital School Medicine, London, 1967. Chairman human embryology and development study section National Institutes of Health, 1963-1967.
Fellow Royal College Ob-Gyn. Honorary fellow American Gynecological Society, American Academy Pediatrics (associate). Associate fellow American College Obstetrics and Gynecology.
Member American Association Anatomists, Physiological Society (Great Britain and Ireland) (honorary), Anatomical Society (Great Britain and Ireland) (life), Cambridge (England) Philosophical Society, American Physiological Society, American Academy Arts and Sciences, Royal Society Medicine London (honorary), Society for Gynecologic Investigation (honorary, president' award for distinguished achievement 1985), Blair-Bell Society (honorary), Society Perinatal Obstetricians (honorary), Phi Beta Kappa, Gamma Sigma Delta, Sigma Xi.
Married Marie Annette La Courciere, October 22, 1932. Children— Marie Annette (Mistress Stephen G. McCarthy), Donna Marie (Mistress Robert Gomez).
