Background
Elmendorf, John Edward was born on May 28, 1893 in New brunswick, New Jersey, United States. Son of John Edward and Helen Aline (Decker) Elmendorf.
Elmendorf, John Edward was born on May 28, 1893 in New brunswick, New Jersey, United States. Son of John Edward and Helen Aline (Decker) Elmendorf.
Bachelor of Arts, Rutgers University, 1914. Honorary Doctor of Science, 1954. Doctor of Medicine Johns Hopkins, 1918, special studies, school hygiene public health, 1926-1929.
; children—Virginia DuBarry (Mistress Francis A. Sokol), Joan Loomis (Mistress Russell McCandless). Married second, Harriet Camac, October 25, 1935. Intern Johns Hopkins Hospital, 1918-1919.
Assistant resident medicine Barnes Hospital, Saint Louis, 1919-1920.
Director field studies department medicine public health Rockefeller Foundation, 1920-1952. Engaged in yellow fever and malaria control work 1930-1941.
Director civilian school to train army and navy officers in malaria control, 1942-1943. Director Carlos Finlay Yellow Fever Institute, Bogota, Colombia, 1947-1951.
Promoted, planned and organized Superior School of Hygiene, Colombia, and served as science director, 1951-1952.
Now engaged in writing.
Served from lieutenant colonel to colonel, Army of the United States, 1943-1947. Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, American Public Health Association, New York Academy of Medicine. Member American Society Tropical Hygiene and Medicine, Society Colonial Wars.
Clubs: Strollers, Military Naval (New York City).
Married Virginia Knower, May 20, 1922 (divorced 1934). Married second, Harriet Camac, October 25, 1935. Children: Virginia DuBarry (Mistress Francis A. Sokol), Joan Loomis (Mistress Russell McCandless).