Harold Byron Houser

Background

Houser, Harold Byron was born on November 22, 1921 in North Liberty, Indiana, United States. Son of Edgar Allen and Gladys Chloe (Stillson) Houser.

Education

AB, Indiana University, 1942. Doctor of Medicine, Indiana University, 1944.

Career

Intern, United States Marine Hospital, New Orleans, 1944-1945; resident, Crile Veterans Administration Hospital., Cleveland, 1947-1949; assistant professor medicine, State University of New York, Syracuse, 1952-1958; assistant professor medicine and community health, Case Western Reserve U., 1958-1964; associate professor, Case Western Reserve U., 1965-1974; professor epidemiology, Case Western Reserve U., 1974-1992; professor emeritus, Case Western Reserve U., since 1992; department chairman biometry, Case Western Reserve U., 1975-1985; department chairman epidemiology and biostatistics, Case Western Reserve U., 1985-1992; consultant in field.

Achievements

• Harold Byron Houser has been listed as a noteworthy Epidemiologist by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Served with United States Army, 1945-1947, 49-52. Fellow Infectious Diseases Society. Member American Epidemiological Society (president 1991).

Connections

Married Clara Jane Goin, September 18, 1944. Children: Cristene, Edgar, John, Susan, James.

Father:

Edgar Allen Houser

Mother:

Gladys Chloe (Stillson) Houser

Spouse:

Clara Jane Goin

child:

James Houser

child:

Edgar Houser

child:

Susan Houser

child:

John Houser

child:

Cristene Houser