Background
Cooney, James Patrick was born on March 17, 1903 in Parnell, Iowa, United States. Son of James Francis and Catherine Agnes (Kennedy) Cooney.
Cooney, James Patrick was born on March 17, 1903 in Parnell, Iowa, United States. Son of James Francis and Catherine Agnes (Kennedy) Cooney.
Bachelor of Science, University Iowa, 1925. Doctor of Medicine, University Iowa, 1927. Graduate, Army Medical School.
Graduate, Army Medical Field Service School, 1929.
Entered United States Army, 1927, advanced through grades to major general, 1955. Intern Fitzsimons Army Hospital, Denver. Staff Sternberg Hospital, Manila, Letterman Army Hospital, San Francisco, Military Academy Station Hospital, West Point, New York, Walter Reed Army Hospital, Washington.
Chief radiologist Gorgas General Hospital, Canal Zone, 1940-1943. Executive officer, assistant commandant England General Hospital, Atlantic City, 1943-1945. Member group to study medical and hospitalization methods Sweden, 1945.
Representative Army Surgeon General, Manhattan Engineering District, 1946. Later medical director. Member special mission to Japan to study A-bomb survivors at Hiroshima.
Consultant Armed Forces Special Weapons Project. Director special projects division Office Army Surgeon General. Radiological safety officer Eniwetok tests, 1949, 51.
Chief radiological branch division military application Atomic Energy Commission, 1951. Surgeon Japanese Logistical Command, Yokohama, 1951-1953. Special assistant to commanding general Walter Reed Army Medical Center, 1953.
Commandant Medical Field Service School, Brooke Army Medical Center, Fort Sam Houston, Texas, 1953-1955. Deputy surgeon general Army, 1955-1958. Chief surgeon European Command, Germany, 1959-1960.
Retired, 1960
Vice president medical affairs American Cancer Society, 1960-1969. Director 3d National Cancer Survey Atlanta Area, Georgia Regional Medical Program, since 1969.
Fellow American College Chest Physicians, American College Radiology, American College Gastroenterology (honorary). Member Radiological Society North America, National Tuberculosis Association, Radioation Research Society, American Medical Association, American Roentgen Ray Society (emeritus).
Married Irene Kelly, August 4, 1928. 1 son, James P.