Background
Guess, Harry Adelbert was born on December 24, 1940 in New York City. Son of Harry Adelbert and Vista (Brabham) Guess.
Guess, Harry Adelbert was born on December 24, 1940 in New York City. Son of Harry Adelbert and Vista (Brabham) Guess.
Bachelor of Science in Applied Mathematics, Georgia Institute Technology, 1964; Master of Science in Operations Research, Doctor of Philosophy in Mathematics, Stanford University, 1972; Doctor of Medicine, U. Miami, 1979.
Assistant professor mathematics, U. Rochester, New York, 1972-1973;
member technical staff, Bell Telephone laboratories, Holmdel, New Jersey, 1973-1975;
research mathematician, National Institute Environmental Health Sciences, Research Triangle Park, North Carolina, 1975-1977;
resident, North Carolina Memorial Hospital, Chapel Hill, 1979-1982;
from associate director to senior director, Merck Sharp & Dohme Research laboratories, Blue Bell, Pennsylvania, 1982-1987,;
senior director department epidemiology, Merck Sharp & Dohme Research laboratories, Blue Bell, Pennsylvania, 1988-1993;
distinguished senior epidemiologist, head epidemiology department, Merck Sharp & Dohme Research laboratories, Blue Bell, Pennsylvania, since 1993;
director epidemiology and post marketing surveillance, Glaxo Inc., Research Triangle Park, 1987-1988. Adjunct Professor epidemiology and biostatistics U. North Carolina, Chapel Hill, since 1991. Visiting scientist Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota, since 1983.
Visiting senior Research.assoc. European Institute Oncology, since 1995. Consultant Centers Disease Control, 1990, Food and Drug Administration, 1990.
Lieutenant United States Navy, 1964-1969. Fellow American Academy Pediat., American College Preventive Medicine, American College Epidemiology. Member American Medical Association, Drug Information Association (president 1992), Society for Epidemiological Research, Biometric Society.
Married Geraldine Graflund. Children: Carol Ann, Alison Pauline.
