Background
Paul, John R. was born on April 18, 1893 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of Henry Neill and Margaret Crosby (Butler) Paul.
Paul, John R. was born on April 18, 1893 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of Henry Neill and Margaret Crosby (Butler) Paul.
Bachelor of Arts, Princeton, 1915. Doctor of Medicine Johns Hopkins Medical School, 1919. Honorary Master of Arts, Yale University, 1940.
Doctor of Science (honorary), University of Chicago, 1956.
Assistant pathologist, Johns Hopkins Medical School, 1919-1920. Intern, Pennsylvania Hospital, Philadelphia, 1920-1922. Director, Ayer Clinical Laboratory, Philadelphia, 1922-1928.
Assistant associate professor internal medical, Yale University Medical School, 1928-1940.
Professor preventive medicine, 1940-1961, emeritus professor epidemiology and preventive medicine, 1961-1971. Director regional serum bank World Health Organisation, 1961-1966.
Member committees virus research, National Foundation Infantile Paralysis, 1940-1948. Consultant secretary of War, 1941-1946.
Director neurotropic Virus Disease Committee, Army Epidemiological Board, 1941-1946, director committee, virus, rickettsial diseases, 1946-1956.
Chairman virus and rickettsial study section research grants division United States Public Health Service, 1946-1951. Government service in Middle East, 1943-1944, Japan, 1946, of Korea, 1953, Medical Mission to Soviet Union, 1956. Member live poliovirus vaccine committee National Institutions Health, 1958-1971, senior consultant international fellowship program, 1957-1962.
Member committee investigate United States Food and Drug Administration, National Research Council, 1960.
Member subcommittee cardiovascular disease National Research Council, 1946-1953. Fellow American College of Physicians, Royal College Physicians, Royal Society Health (England). Member Association American physicians (president 1956), American Society Clinical Investigation (president 1938), National Academy Science, American Academy Arts and Sciences, Royal Society Medicine London (honorary), World Health Organization (past
Clubs: Graduate (New Haven).
Married Mary Leita Harlan, September 30, 1922.