Edmund George Cummings

Background

Cummings, Edmund George was born on August 2, 1928 in Cohoes, New York, United States. Son of Edmund Henry and Elizabeth (Rench) Cummings.

Education

Bachelor of Science, Union College, Schenectady, l950; Master of Science, North Carolina State University, l953; Doctor of Philosophy, North Carolina State University, l955; postgraduate Marine Laboratory,, Duke U., l952-54.

Career

Instructor, North Carolina Marine Laboratory, Moorehead City, l954; instructor, Duke U., Durham, North Carolina, l955-56; research physiologist, Medical Research laboratories, Edgewood Arsenal, Maryland., l956-77; chief applied physiology, Medical Research laboratories, Edgewood Arsenal, Maryland., l968; physiologist, Chemical Research Development and Engineering Center, Aberdeen Proving Ground, Maryland., l977-82; chief biotechnology, Chemical Research Development and Engineering Center, Aberdeen Proving Ground, Maryland., 1988-1992; retired, Chemical Research Development and Engineering Center, Aberdeen Proving Ground, Maryland., 1992. Associate professor physiology U. Maryland., Aberdeen Proving Groun, l967-68.

Achievements

• Edmund George Cummings has been listed as a noteworthy Physiologist, zoologist by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Member Zoological Society American, American Physiological Society, Sigma Xi, Phi Kappa Phi, Gamma Sigma Delta.

Interests

• Avocations: puttering, gardening, art, hiking.

Connections

Married Nancy Pihlgren, June 25,l955 (deceased). Children: David E., Lauren E.

Father:

Edmund Henry Cummings

Mother:

Elizabeth (Rench) Cummings

Spouse:

Nancy Pihlgren

child:

Lauren E. Cummings

child:

David E. Cummings