Background
Whitten, Elmer Hammond was born on February 18, 1927 in Stoughton, Massachusetts, United States. Son of Erle Everett and Edith Isabelle (Post) Whitten.
Whitten, Elmer Hammond was born on February 18, 1927 in Stoughton, Massachusetts, United States. Son of Erle Everett and Edith Isabelle (Post) Whitten.
Bachelor of Science in Biological Sciences cum laude, Northeastern University, 1952. Master of Education, Massachusetts State College, 1967. Doctor of Philosophy, Colorado State University, 1970.
Commissioned ensign United States Navy, 1952, advanced through grades to lieutenant (junior grade), 1954. Medical service representative Pitman-Moore Company division Dow Chemical Company, 1954-1956. Administrative manager Marketing Office division Texas Instruments, Inc., Attleboro, Massachusetts, 1956-1966, instructor public speaking and technical writing, 1965-1966.
Lecturer zoology Massachusetts State College, 1966-1967. Member graduate and experimental teaching Physiology Laboratories Colorado State University, 1968-1970, instructor human physiology, 1970. Assistant professor physiology University of Health Sciences, 1970-1972, member promotion and graduation committee, 1970-1988, associate professor, chairman department physiology, 1971-1988, member hospital steering committee, 1972-1974, associate dean academy affairs, 1972-1988, associate professor physiology, 1972-1979, chairman research committee, 1974-1979, chairman institutional review committee, 1977-1979, member admissions committee, 1979-1988, professor physiology, member promotion rank committee, 1980-1988, chairman academy accessibility committee, 1981-1988, vice chairman self evaluation steering committee, 1984-1988.
President University of Health Sciences, Lakeside Hospital Association, University Towers, Inc., Northeast Medical Clinic, 1988-1992.
Member Phi Kappa Phi, Sigma Xi, Nu Beta (vice president).
Married Penelope Ecclestone, August 5, 1950 (divorced May 1979). Children: Connie, Nathan D. (deceased).