Background
Graham, Jay Elmer was born on October 27, 1922 in Salt Lake City.
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Jay Elmer Graham
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Bachelor of Science, U. Utah, 1947; Master of Science, U. Utah, 1950.
Career
Teacher, Zilla (Washington) High School, 1947-1949;
director, S. Salt Lake County (Utah) Mosquito Abatement District, 1953-1988;
retired, 1988. Assistant professor biology and zoology Westminster College, 1953-1955, 57-58. Instructor organic chemistry and bio-chemistry College St. Mary's of the Wasatch, 1958-1959.
International lecturer 1968-1976. Consultant World Health Organization, 1967-1985, other national and international agys., 1977-1988. Member Technology Advisory committee Utah Community Pesticide Study, Utah State Health Department, 1966-1977, World Health Organization expert commission on filariasis, 1973-1983.
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Membership
Member American Association for the Advancement of Science, American Mosquito Control Association (numerous offices and committees, president 1966, Medal of Honor award 1986), Entomological Society American, Ecological Society American, American Society Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, Society Vector Ecologists (president 1984), Utah Academy Science Arts and Letters, Utah Mosquito AbatementAssn. (director 1953, president 1957, numerous offices and committees), Sigma Xi.
