Ernest Kuester Cotton

Background

Cotton, Ernest Kuester was born on August 9, 1927 in Denver, Colorado, United States. Son of George Kuester Cotton and Frances Ester (Wiegle) Roberts.

Education

Bachelor of Science, U. Colorado, 1951; Doctor of Medicine, U. Colorado, 1954.

Career

Resident pediatrics, Cleveland City Hospital, 1954-1958; practice medicine specializing in pediatrics, Denver, 1958-1961; fellow pulmonary physiology, University of California, San Francisco, 1961-1963; from assistant professor to associate professor pediatrics, U. Colorado, Denver, 1963-1972; professor, U. Colorado, Denver, since 1972; director Cystic Fibrosis center, U. Colorado, Denver, since 1963; head pediatric pulmonary section, U. Colorado, Denver, since 1964. Pulmonary consultant Fitzsimons Army Hospital, since 1976, National Jewish Hospital, Denver, since 1980.

Achievements

• Ernest Kuester Cotton has been listed as a noteworthy Pediatric medicine educator by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Served with United States Navy, 1945-1946, PTO. Member American Pediatrics Society (program committee), American Thoracic Society (secretary 1978-1979), Western Society Pediatric Research.

Connections

Married Joan Elizabeth Cotton, August 27, 1949 (divorced July 1983). Children: George, Melanie, Gerald, Theodor, Ernest, Mary. Married Margo Ann Pinney, October 13, 1984.

Father:

George Kuester Cotton Roberts

Mother:

Frances Ester (Wiegle) Roberts

Spouse:

Margo Ann Pinney

Spouse:

Joan Elizabeth Cotton

child:

Theodor Cotton

child:

Gerald Cotton

child:

Mary Cotton

child:

George Cotton

child:

Melanie Cotton

child:

Ernest Cotton