Background
Beebe, Gilbert Wheeler was born on April 3, 1912 in Mahwah, New Jersey, United States. Son of Edwin P. and Gertrude Mabel (Gilbert) Beebe.
Beebe, Gilbert Wheeler was born on April 3, 1912 in Mahwah, New Jersey, United States. Son of Edwin P. and Gertrude Mabel (Gilbert) Beebe.
AB, Dartmouth College, 1933. AM, Columbia University, 1938. Doctor of Philosophy, Columbia University, 1942.
Statistician, National Commission Maternal Health, New York City, 1934-1941; research associate, Milbank Memorial Fund, New York City, 1939-1941; technical staff, Milbank Memorial Fund, New York City, 1941-1946; consultant/history division, United States Army, Washington, 1946-1950; consultant/Hoover Commission, United States Army, Washington, 1948; professional associate, National Research Council/NAS, Washington, 1946-1958; director, Medical Follow-up Agency, Washington, 1958-1977; chief, department statistics, Atomic Bomb Casualty Commission, Hiroshima, Japan, 1958-1960; chief, department epidemiology and statistics, Atomic Bomb Casualty Commission, Hiroshima, Japan, 1966-1968, 73-75; various to statistician, National Cancer Institute, Bethesda, Maryland., since 1977. Chief scientist Radiation Effects Research Foundation, Hiroshima, 1975.
(Foreword By Harvey J. Tompkins.)
Captain United States Army, 1943-1946. Fellow American Association for the Advancement of Science, American Public Health Association (Frost Lecturer, New York City 1980), American Statistical Association. Member Society for Epidemiological Research, Radiation Research Society, Health Physics Society, American Epidemiological Society, International Epidemiological Association, Japan Radiation Research Society, Society for Risk Analysis.
Married Ruth Lillian White, December 29, 1933. Children: Alfred, Beatrice, Brian, Christopher.