Background
HISCOCK, Ira Vaughan was born on May 7, 1892 in Farmington, Maine, United States. Son of J. Eugene and Susan Angie (Corbett) Hiscock.
HISCOCK, Ira Vaughan was born on May 7, 1892 in Farmington, Maine, United States. Son of J. Eugene and Susan Angie (Corbett) Hiscock.
Bachelor, Wesleyan University, 1914. Master of Arts, Wesleyan University, 1916. Doctor of Science, Wesleyan University, 1939.
Master in Public Health, Yale University, 1921. Master of Arts, Yale University, 1931. Doctor of Medicine (honorary), Connecticut Medical Society, 1973.
Bacteriologist, Connecticut Public Health Laboratory, 1914. Bacteriologist, American Red Cross, 1917. Sanitary Corps, United States Army, American Expeditionary Forces, Division.
30, 1918 (now Major, Reserve Corps). Director, Columbia, South Carolina, Public Health Laboratory. 1919; Associate Professor, P.H., Yale Medical Sch., since 1920.
Lecturer, Columbia U. Summer Sessions, 1923 and 1924. Lecturer, University of So. California, 1928; Consultant in Public Health and Director of Health Surveys, since 1924.
Commissioner, N. Haven Board of Health, since 1927.
Member New Haven Board Health, from 1928, president, 1942. President Connecticut State Public Health League, 1951-1952. Vice chairman health committee National Boy Scouts American.
Member Connecticut State Public Health Council, from 1952. Health research consultant New Jersey Health Department, 1961-1962. Member Connecticut State Public Welfare Advisory Committee, 1962-1969, National Committee Community Health Action Studies, from 1962.
President National Health Council, 1938-1940. Executive committee medical advisory board American Red Cross, 1945-1951. Consultant public health Connecticut Commission on Reorganization of State Department.
Member Connecticut Commission on Care and Prevention of Sickness, 1939-1940. Vice president National Social Welfare Assembly. Active in direction of state and local health agencies.
Sometime officer severl national health affiliated agencies. President Accredited Schools Public Health, 1957, National Society Prevention Blindness, 1958. Member health administration committee World Health Organization, 1951-1966.
Consultant to surgeon general Army of the United States, from 1957. Fellow American Public Health Association (president 1955-1956). Member and sometime president several university and state health organizations, including Beaumont Club, Connecticut Diabetes Association, Association for Mental Health, member Society of America Bacteriologists (president Connecticut chapter), Sigma Xi (former president), Delta Omega, Sigma Chi (former national president).
Clubs: Cosmos, Army-Navy (Washington). Graduate; National Travel, Yale Club of New York. New Hampshire Lawn; Randolph Mountain.
Married Margaret McConway Scoville, February 26, 1921. Children: William McConway, Margaret Brooks (Weatherly).