Background
Smith, James Cecil was born on January 17, 1934 in Little Orleans, Maryland. Son of James Cecil and Abbie Blanche (Brinkman) Smith.
Smith, James Cecil was born on January 17, 1934 in Little Orleans, Maryland. Son of James Cecil and Abbie Blanche (Brinkman) Smith.
Bachelor of Science, U. Maryland., 1956; Master of Science, U. Maryland., 1959; Doctor of Philosophy, U. Maryland., 1964; post doctorate in Biolog. Chemistry, University of California at Los Angeles, 1964-1966.
Health service officer, United States Public Health Service, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland., 1959-1961;
assistant biological chemist school medicine, University of California at Los Angeles, 1964-1966;
research biochemist trace element research laboratory, Veterans Administration Hospital., Washington, District of Columbia, 1966-1969;
chief trace element research laboratory, Veterans Administration Hospital., Washington, 1969-1977;
research leader vitamin and mineral nutrition laboratory, Agricultural Research Svc., Beltsville (Maryland.) Human Nutrition Center USDA, 1977-1992;
researcher chemist carotenoid research group, Beltsville (Maryland.) Human Nutrition Center USDA, since 1995. Consultant VA Medical Center, Washington, 1977-1994. Member nominating committee for elected officers American Institute of Nutrition, 1987-1988.
Ad hoc member Federation of America Socs. for Experimental Biology Summer Research Confs. Advisory Committee, 1989, 96. Ad hoc expert science working group member analysis of National Health and Examination Survey II data concerning iron, zinc, folic acid, and vitamin A, Life Sciences Research Office, Federation of America Socs. for Experimental Biology, 1983-1985.
Expert witness zinc metabolism for United States Postal Svc. and Fed.Trade Commission Litigation, 1983-1987. Presenter of minerals papers at science conferences in the United States and abroad on trace elements and metabolism of such, 1970-1992. Organizer Washington area Micronutrient Club, 1992.
Teacher Glenn Dale United Methodist Church, Glenn Dale, Maryland., since 1992. Lieutenant jg United States Public Health Service, 1959-1961. Member American Institute Nutrition (international travel fellowship 1966), American Society.for Clinical Nutrition, Reserve Officer Corps, United States Public Health Service, Gamma Sigma Delta(honorary).
Married Kay Lucille Plummer, August 19, 1961. Children: James III, Michelle Katherine, Deborah Beth.