Background
Cobb, Jewel Plummer was born on January 17, 1924 in Chicago, Illinois, United States.
academic administrator educator
Cobb, Jewel Plummer was born on January 17, 1924 in Chicago, Illinois, United States.
AB, Talladega College, 1944; Master of Science, New York University, 1947; Doctor of Philosophy in Biology, New York University, 1950.
Fellow, National Cancer Institute, 1950-1952;
instructor anatomy, University of Illinois College Medicine, 1952-1954;
research surgery staff, New York University Postgraduate Medical College, 1955;
assistant professor, New York University Postgraduate Medical College, 1955-1960;
Cancer Research Foundation professor biology, Sarah Lawrence College, 1960-1969;
professor zoology, dean, Connecticut College, 1969-1976;
professor biology, dean, Douglass College, Rutgers University, 1976-1981;
president, California State University, Fullerton, 1981-1990;
president emerita, professor emerita, California State University, Fullerton, since 1990;
trustee professor, California State University, Los Angeles, since 1990. Principal investigator, director Access Center. Member National Institute Medicine.
Board directors 21st Century Foundation.
Trustee Drew University Medicine and Science, California Institute of Technology, California Graduate University Claremont. Fellow New York Academy of Sciences, Tissue Culture Association. Member American Association of University Women, Sigma Xi.
Divorced; 1 child.