James Gordon Dobson

Background

Dobson, James Gordon was born on January 23, 1942 in Waterbury, Connecticut, United States. Son of James Gordon and Mildred Dobson.

Education

Bachelor of Science in Biology and Chemistry, Center Connecticut State University, 1965; Master of Arts in Biology, Wesleyan University, Middletown, Connecticut, 1967; Doctor of Philosophy in Physiology, University of Virginia, 1971.

Career

National Institutes of Health postdoctoral fellow, University of California, San Diego, 1971; assistant research pharmacologist, University of California, San Diego, 1971-1973; from assistant professor to associate professor, U. Massachusetts, Worcester, 1974-1985; professor physiology, U. Massachusetts, Worcester, since 1985; professor medicine, U. Massachusetts, Worcester, since 1989; director, cellular and molecular physiology graduate program, U. Massachusetts Medical Center, Worcester, since 1982. Editorial referee professional journals, since 1975. Consultant National Institutes of Health, since 1978, Department Veterinary Affairs merit review board, 1990-1994.

Achievements

• James Gordon Dobson has been listed as a notable Cardiovascular physiologist, scientist, educator by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Active with Citizens Advisory Group, Shrewsbury, Massachusetts. Board directors Wesley United Methodist Church, administrative board, since 1975, chairman finance, 1988-1992, chairman staff-parish relations, 1982-1994, Emerging Ministries, 1995-1997. Member American Heart Association (member peer research committee since 1989, member research committee since 1992, vice chairman peer review committee 1994-1997, board directors Massachusetts affiliate since 1995, national member cell transport and metabolism study committee 1994-1997), American Physiological Society (membership committee 1989-1992), Biophysics Society, International Society.Heart Research.

Connections

Married Susan Bentley Jones, August 28, 1971. 1 child, Sarah Bentley.

Father:

James Gordon Dobson

Mother:

Mildred Dobson

Spouse:

Susan Bentley Jones

child:

Sarah Bentley Dobson