Background
McDonald, John Corbett was born on April 20, 1918 in Belfast, Northern Ireland. Son of John Forbes McDonald and Sarah Jane Corbett.
McDonald, John Corbett was born on April 20, 1918 in Belfast, Northern Ireland. Son of John Forbes McDonald and Sarah Jane Corbett.
Membership of the Royal College of Surgeons, Labrador Retriever Club of the Potomac, University London, 1942. Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Science, University London, 1947. Doctor of Medicine, University London, 1949.
Master of Science, Harvard University, 1950.
Director epidemiological research laboratory Public Health Laboratory Service, London, 1960-1964. Professor, chairman department epidemiology and health McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada, 1964-1976. Professor, 1981-1988.
Director School Occupational Health, 1981-1983. Professor emeritus epidemiology School Occupational Health, since 1998. Professor, director TUC Centenary Institute Occupational Health London School Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, University London, 1976-1981, professor emeritus occupational medicine, since 1981.
Chairman department clinical epidemiology National Heart and Lung Institute University London, 1986-1990, professor emeritus department occupational and environmental medicine, since 1990.
Served with British Army Medical Corps, 1942-1946. Fellow Royal College Physicians (Canada), Royal College Physicians (London). Member Royal Society Medicine, Royal College Surgeons, Athenaeum Club.
Married Alison Dunstan Wells, August 4, 1942. Children: Jane, John, Susan, Sarah.