John Candler Cobb

Background

Cobb, John Candler was born on July 8, 1919 in Boston, Massachusetts, United States. Son of Stanley and Elizabeth Mason (Almy) Cobb.

Education

Bachelor of Science in Astronomy cum laude, Harvard University, 1941; Doctor of Medicine, Harvard University, 1948; Master in Public Health, Johns Hopkins University, 1954.

Career

Intern Yale New Haven Hospital, 1948-1949, fellow in pediatrics, 1949-1950. Junior assistant resident Yale Psychiatric Clinic, 1950-1951. Instructor pediatrics and psychiatry Johns Hopkins University, 1951-1956, assistant professor maternal & child health, 1954—1956.

Consultant Indian Health division United States Public Health Service, Albuquerque, 1956-1960. Professor preventive medicine University Colorado, Denver, 1965-1985, emeritus professor, since 1985, chairman department, 1966-1973. Director medical social research project on population Government of Pakistan, 1960-1964.

Consultant American Friends Service Committee, Algeria, 1964. Short term consultant World Health Organization, Indonesia and Western Pacific Region, 1969, 70-73, United States Agency for International Development, Togo and Niger, 1979. Exchange professor Guangxi Medical College, Nanning, China, 1985-1986.

Coordinator ethics seminars University of Health Sciences Center, 1980-1985. President World Hand Associates, since 1985. Consultant in field.

Achievements

• John Candler Cobb has been listed as a noteworthy medical educator by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Board directors, president American Association Planned Parenthood Physicians, 1966-1967. Board directors, Planned Parenthood Federation American, 1972-1973, chairman Task Force for Preparing 314(b) Agency Grant Application, 1969. Member, chairman health committee of Governor Lamm and United States Congressman Wirth's Task Force on Rocky Flats Nuclear Weapons Plant, Denver, 1974-1975.

Member Governor's Task Force on Health Effects of Air Pollution, 1978-1979. Commissioner Air Pollution Control Commission of Colorado, 1976-1979. Member air quality policy committee Denver Regional Council of Governments, 1978-1980, environmental council, University Colorado, 1970-1975, Governor's Science advisory Council, Colorado, 1973-1980, Governor's Blue Ribbon Task Force on Transportation, Colorado, 1977.

Board directors ROMCOE Center for Environmental Problem Solving, 1978-1981, Colorado Coalition for Full Employment, 1978-1980. Member American Friends Service Committee Advisory Group on Rocky Flats/Nuclear Weapons Project, 1979-1985. Member science advisory board, Three Mile Island Public Health Fund, 1982-1986, owning member Chaordic Commons., volunteer International Red Cross, 1942-1944.

Member American Association for the Advancement of Science, World Health Organization, International Solar Energy Society, American Solar Energy Society, board director, New Mexico Solar Energy Association, 1990-1996, International Physicians for Prevention of Nuclear War (delegate to Congresses in Moscow and Montreal), Appropriate Rural Technology Association (board directors 1987-2002, vice president 1991-1992), National Resources Defense Council (board advisors 1991-1992), New Mexico Solar Energy Association (board directors 1995-1998), Physicians for Human Rights, Physicians for Social Reponsibility.

Connections

Married Helen Imlay-Franchot, July 27, 1946. Children: Loren, Nathaniel, Bethany, Julianne.

Father:

Stanley Cobb

Mother:

Elizabeth Mason (Almy) Cobb

Spouse:

Helen Imlay-Franchot

child:

Nathaniel Cobb

child:

Loren Cobb

child:

Julianne Cobb

child:

Bethany Cobb