Background
Gordon, John Everett was born on June 18, 1890 in Austin, Minnesota, United States. Son of Newton Smith and Fanny King (Ricketson) Gordon.
Gordon, John Everett was born on June 18, 1890 in Austin, Minnesota, United States. Son of Newton Smith and Fanny King (Ricketson) Gordon.
PhG, Northwestern University, 1913; Primary Health Centre, Northwestern University, 1914; Bachelor of Science, University of Chicago, 1916; Doctor of Philosophy, University of Chicago, 1921; Doctor of Medicine, University of Chicago, 1926; AM, Harvard University, 1943.
Instructor in bacteriology, University of Chicago, 1919;
field director, Rockefeller Foundation, New York City, 1933;
professor preventive medicine and epidemiology, Harvard University, 1938-1958;
professor emeritus, Harvard University, from 1958. Consultant preventive medicine Office of Surgeon General, Department Army, Massachusetts General Hospital, Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary. Honorary civilian consultant to surgeon general Department Navy.
Visiting professor Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1962-1963. Consultant United States Public Health Service, World Health Organization, Joint Commision on Mental Illness. Member technical advising committee Institute nutrition Center American and Panama.
Director American Red Cross-Harvard Field Hospital Unit, Salisbury, England, 1940. Consultant Allied Forces in the Pacific, 1945-1946. 1st lieutenant Sanitary corpus, United States army, 1918, colonel Medical Corps United States Army, 1942-1945, European Theatre of Operations.
Fellow American Medical Association, American College of Physicians, American Association for the Advancement of Science, Royal College Physicians, Royal Society Health, American Academy Pediatrics, American Public Health Association, Roumanian Society Biology. Member Ecological Society of America, American Epidemiological Society, Association Military Surgeons United States, American Society Tropical Medicine, Harvard Club, Sigma Xi, Phi Beta Pi, Gamma Alpha, Alpha Omega Alpha.
Married Miriam Lapham, December 24, 1921. Children: Kathleen Louise, Donald Lapham.