Background
Millar, Jack William was born on July 11, 1922 in Ogden, Utah, United States. Son of William Syril and Opal (Kemp) Millar.
Millar, Jack William was born on July 11, 1922 in Ogden, Utah, United States. Son of William Syril and Opal (Kemp) Millar.
Bachelor, Stanford University, 1943. Doctor of Medicine, George Washington University, 1947. Master of Public Health, Harvard University, 1951.
Master of Science in Hygiene, Harvard University, 1952.
Intern, 1947-1948; with United States Navy, 1943-1967. Medical officer in charge Tinian Leprosarium, Marianas Island, 1948-1950. Associate epidemiologist and assistant to medical director Leonard Wood Memorial-American Leprosy Foundation, 1952-1953.
Instructor epidemiology United States Navy Medical School, Bethesda, Maryland, 1954-1955. Commanding officer United States Navy Medical Research Unit 1, University California, Berkeley, 1955-1960. Director preventive medicine division Bureau Medicine and Surgery, Washington, 1960-1967.
Professor, chairman department epidemiology and environmental health George Washington University School Medicine and Health Sciences, 1967-1977, Vivian Gill professor epidemiology and environmental health. Consultant American Board Preventive Medicine, Delaware Veterans Administration Hospital. Member cholera advisory committee National Institute Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health.
President Gorgas Memorial Institute Tropical and Preventive Medicine, Washington, 1974-1981.
Member Mayor's Task Force, Washington, 1970. Member American Heart Association, Association American Medical Colleges, American Medical Association, American Public Health Association, United States Association Military Surgeons.
Married Jane Eleanor Booty, March 13, 1946. Children: Timothy Rockwell, Nancy Allyson, Lisa Ames, Christopher Scott.