Background
Cottle, Harold Ranson was born on December 7, 1925 in Brooklyn. Son of Kenneth Raymond and Katharine Habershon (Blelloch) Cottle.
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Harold Ranson Cottle
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Student, Bard College, 1942-1943; student, Dartmouth College, 1943-1944; Doctor of Medicine, New York Medical College, 1948.
Career
Intern, Methodist Hospital, Brooklyn, 1948-1949;
resident in pathology, Methodist Hospital, Brooklyn, 1949-1950;
resident in pathology, Kings County Hospital, Brooklyn, 1952-1954;
assistant pathologist, Kings County Hospital, State University of New York, 1954-1955;
assistant to director of laboratories, Kings County Hospital, State University of New York, 1955-1956;
chief autopsy service, Kings County Hospital, State University of New York, 1956-1960;
chief surgical pathology, Kings County Hospital, State University of New York, 1960-1962;
visiting pathologist, Kings County Hospital, State University of New York, 1962-1970;
clinical associate professor, State University of New York, Downstate Medical Center, Brooklyn, 1970-1985;
director, Harold R. Cottle, M.D. Laboratory, since 1975. Assistant instructor State University of New York, 1953-1954, instructor, 1954-1956, assistant professor, 1956-1962, professor, 1956-1962, clinical assistant professor, 1962-1970. Associate director laboratories Maimonides Hospital, Brooklyn, 1962-1966.
Director anatomic pathology Brooklyn-Cumberland Medical Center, 1966-1970. Pathologist Altoona (Pennsylvania) Hospital, 1970-1972, director laboratory services, 1972-1974, member Executive Committee, 1972-1974. Director laboratory medicine Indiana (Pennsylvania) Hospital, 1974-1984.
Consultant pathologist Veterans Administration Hospital., Altoona, 1973-1989;coroner's pathologist various counties, Pennsylvania. Consultant staff Mercy Hospital, Altoona. Member of staff Conemaugh Valley Memorial Hospital.
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Chair Brooklyn chapter, board New York State American Civil Liberties Union, 1956-1970. Various offices Sheepshead Bay Methodist Church, 1950-1970, 1st United Methodist Church, Altoona, 1971-1980. Member Human Rights Commission, 1971-1974.
Lieutenant United States Naval Reserve, 1944-1945, 50-52. Fellow College American Pathologists, American Society Clinical Pathologists. Member American Medical Association, American Association for the Advancement of Science, American Association of University Professors, Pennsylvania Medical Society, Blair County Medical Society, New York Pathological Society, New York State Society Pathologists, New York State Association Public Health laboratories, Pittsburgh Pathology Society, Pittsburgh Comparative Pathology Society, Control Pennsylvania Regional Society Pathologists, Pennsylvania Association Pathologists, International Association Coroners and Medical Examiners, Pennsylvania Association Coroners and Medical Examiners.
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Married Betty Lowell, July 15, 1950. Children: David Lowell, Andrew Geoffrey, Susan Elizabeth.
