Background
Wilson, James Graves was born on April 2, 1915 in Clarksdale, Mississippi, United States. Son of James Preston and Lula Clyde (Pittman) Wilson.
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James Graves Wilson
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Bachelor of Arts, Mississippi College, 1936; Master of Arts, University Richmond, 1938; Master of Arts postgrad, Brown U., 1938-1939; Doctor of Philosophy, Yale, 1942; Honorary Doctor of Science, Medical College Wisconsin, 1975.
Career
Instructor in anatomy, U. Rochester, 1942-1946;
assistant professor, U. Rochester, 1946-1950;
section head embryology, Atomic Energy Commission project, 1948-1950;
associate professor anatomy, U. Cincinnati, 1950-1954;
professor, U. Cincinnati, 1954-1955;
professor, head department anatomy, U. Florida, Gainsville, 1955-1966;
professor research pediatrics and anatomy, Children's Hospital Research Foundation, Cincinnati, 1966-1980;
emeritus professor research pediatrics, Children's Hospital Research Foundation, 1980-1986. Member of committee on post-doctoral fellowships National Science Foundation, 1958-1962. Human embryologyand development study section National Institutes of Health, 1962-1966, member anatomical science training committee, 1966-1970.
General chairman 2d Teratology Conference, Bethesda, Maryland., 1957. Member panel on herbicides Office Science and Technology, Executive Office of President, 1969-1970. Chairman advising committee on 2,4,5-T Environmental Protection Agency, 1970-1986.
Achievements
Membership
Member American Association Anatomists, Society Experimental Biology and Medicine, Teratology Society (president 1961-1962), Toxicology Society, European Teratology Society, American Association for the Advancement of Science, American Institute Biological Science, Southern Society Anatomists (president 1963-1964), Society Developmental Biology, Sigma Xi.
Connections
Married Harriet Chamberlain, September 6, 1941. Children— Mary Pittman, James Chamberlain, Arthur Sydney.
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American