Background
Hammond, Edward Cuyler was born on June 14, 1912 in Baltimore. Son of Edward and Agnes (Cuyler) Hammond.
Hammond, Edward Cuyler was born on June 14, 1912 in Baltimore. Son of Edward and Agnes (Cuyler) Hammond.
Bachelor of Science, Yale University, 1935. Master of Arts, Yale University, 1953. Doctor of Science, Johns Hopkins University, 1938.
Division of Medical Sciences (honorary), Johannesgutenberg University, Mainz-am-Rhein, Germany, 1969.
Associate statistician, division industrial hygiene National Institutes of Health, United States Public Health Service, 1938-1942;
consultant medical research section Bureau aeronautics, United States Navy, 1941-1942;
with civilian requirements branch, Office of the Quartermaster General, 1942;
director statistical research section, American Cancer Society, 1946-1966;
vice president for epidemiology and statistics, American Cancer Society, 1966-1986. Adjunct Professor community medicine Mount Sinai Hospital School Medicine, New York City, 1966-1986. Professor biometry, director grad studies Yale University, 1953-1958, also chairman university Executive Committee statistics.
Lecturer preventive and environmental medicine Albert Einstein College Medicine. Consultant department biology Brookhaven National Laboratory. Member Coal Mine Health advisory council Department of Health, Education and Welfare.
Member science advisory panel Research to Prevent Blindness, Inc.
Major United States Army Air Force, 1942-1946. Fellow American Public Health Association. Member American Statistical Association, New York Academy of Sciences (president 1974), American Association for the Advancement of Science (honorary), Royal Society Medicine London.
Married Marian E. Thomas, January 3, 1948 (deceased). Children: Thomas Cuyler, Richard Render, Jonathan Cuyler. Married Katharine S. Redmond, September 23, 1972.