Background
Farnham, Jack Edwin was born on September 26, 1931 in Rutland, Vermont, United States. Son of Edwin John and Irma Louise (Kinney) Farnham.
allergy and occupational medicine educator
Farnham, Jack Edwin was born on September 26, 1931 in Rutland, Vermont, United States. Son of Edwin John and Irma Louise (Kinney) Farnham.
Bachelor of Arts, U. Vermont, Burlington, 1953, Doctor of Medicine, 1957. Master in Public Health, Harvard School Public Health, 1992. Diplomate American Board Allergy and Immunology, American Board Preventive Medicine.
Intern Henry Ford Hospital, Detroit, 1957-1958. Medical resident Lahey Clni., Boston, 1958-1959, University Vermont Medical Center, 1959-1960, Henry Ford Hospital, 1962-1963. Clinical assistant medicine Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, 1968-1994.
Lecturer in medicine Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1993-1994. Physician Allergy-Immunology Associates, Chelmsford, 1969-1991. Board directors New England Pollen Research, Chelmsford.
Consultant allergist Lowell (Massachusetts) General Hospital, 1969-1991, St. John's Hospital, Lowell, 1969-1991, St. Joseph's Hospital, Lowell, 1969-1991, Massachusetts Respiratory Hospital, Braintree, 1992-1994. Professor occupational medicine University Texas Health Center, Tyler, since 1994.
Captain Medical Corps, United States Air Force, 1960-1962. Fellow American Academy Allergy, American College Allergy and Immunology. Member American Association for the Advancement of Science, American College Occupational and Environmental Medicine, International Aerobiology Society, Physicians for Social Responsibility, New England Society Allergy, Massachusetts Allegy Society (secretary 1982-1984, president 1987-1988), Texas Occupational Medicine Association, Texas Allergy and Immunology Society.
Married Anne Bertha Lyman, September 8, 1956. Children: Jean Louise, Carol Anne, James Edwin.