Background
Dick, Elliot Colter was born on June 30, 1926 in Miami, Florida, United States. Son of Elliot C. Dick and Helen Jean Cribb.
educator epidemiologist virologist
Dick, Elliot Colter was born on June 30, 1926 in Miami, Florida, United States. Son of Elliot C. Dick and Helen Jean Cribb.
Bachelor in Bacteriology, University of Minnesota, 1950; Master of Science in Bacteriology, University of Minnesota, 1953; Doctor of Philosophy in Bacteriology, University of Minnesota, 1955.
Assistant professor Bacteriology, U. Kansas, Lawrence, 1955-1959;
assistant professor medicine, Tulane University, New Orleans, 1959-1961;
assistant professor Preventive Medicine, University of Wisconsin, Madison, 1961-1964;
associate professor, University of Wisconsin, Madison, 1964-1972;
professor, University of Wisconsin, Madison, 1972-1996. Consultant Kansas State Board Health, Topeka, 1955-1959. Member collaborative committee rhinoviruses World Health Organization, since 1966.
Visiting scientist Delta Regional Primate Center, Tulane University, Covington, Louisiana, 1967-1972. Sigrid Juselius Foundation lecturer, Turku, Finland, 1991.
With United States Army, 1944-1946, European Theatre of Operations. Fellow American Academy Microbiology (diplomat clinical microbiology), Infectious Disease Society, Explorers Club. Member American Association for the Advancement of Science, American Society Virology (founder), American Society Microbiology (Wisconsin legislation representative 1970-1996), Society Experimental Biology and Medicine, New York Academy of Sciences, Phi Sigma, Sigma Xi.
Married Claire Rebecca Blumer, September 23, 1967. Children: Emily Diane, Elliot Mayhew, Frederic Krichton, Catherine Virginia.
