Background
Walker, James Elliot Cabot was born on September 28, 1926 in Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of Arthur Meeker and Sylvia (Cabot) Walker.
Walker, James Elliot Cabot was born on September 28, 1926 in Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of Arthur Meeker and Sylvia (Cabot) Walker.
Bachelor of Arts, Williams College, 1949; Doctor of Medicine, University Pennsylvania, 1953; Master of Science in Hygiene, Harvard University, 1966.
Intern and resident in medicine, University of Wisconsin, 1953;
Intern and resident in medicine, University of Michigan, 1954-1955;
Intern and resident in medicine, Peter Bent Brigham Hospital, 1958-1960;
associate director, senior associate department medicine, Peter Bent Brigham Hospital, Boston
also research assistant, lecturer, Harvard University Medical School, 1959-1965;
department chairman community medicine, U. Connecticut Medical School, Farmington, 1966-1986;
professor medicine, U. Connecticut Medical School, Farmington, 1966-1992;
professor medicine emeritus, U. Connecticut Medical School, Farmington, since 1992. Visiting professor St. Thomas' Hospital, London, 1975-1976, Harvard Medical School, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1986-1987. President Northeast Canada/American Health Council, 1978-1987.
Director Center for International Cmty. Health Studies, 1981-1986. Associate dir.Traveler's Center on Aging, 1987-1998.
Chairman Alzheimers Coalition of Connecticut, 1992-1994. Medical director Avery Heights Retirement Cmty., 1992-1998. Warden St. John's Church, West Hartford, Connecticut, since 1994.
Served with American Field Service, 1945. To captain Medical Corps United States Army, 1955-1958. Fellow American College of Physicians, AGS.
Married Audrey Crowder Wakeman, July 11, 1965. Children— Holly Barnwell, James Elliot Cabot.