Background
Pate, John Ralston was born on August 27, 1906 in Scranton, South Carolina, United States. Son of Charles H. and Nell (Singletary) Pate.
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Pate, John Ralston was born on August 27, 1906 in Scranton, South Carolina, United States. Son of Charles H. and Nell (Singletary) Pate.
1 son, John Ralston. Bachelor of Arts in Education. Master of Arts, University of Southern California, 1927. Bachelor of Science, Doctor of Medicine Duke University, 1933.
Juris Doctor, U. Louisville, 1945.
Master of Public Health, Johns Hopkins University, 1948. Certificate hospital administration, U. Rochester, 1933.
Graduate instructor English, University of Southern California, 1926-1927; teacher, Charleston (South Carolina.) High School, 1927-1929; intern, Strong Memorial Hospital, Rochester, New York member of faculty, George Washington University School Medicine, 1933-1938; associate professor community medicine and international health, George Washington University School Medicine member of staff, Kentucky Department Health, 1938-1947; with, District of Columbia Department Public Health, 1948-1985; director bureau disease control, District of Columbia Department Public Health, 1953-1964; chief bureau communicable disease control, District of Columbia Department Public Health, 1964-1985.
Member national council Boy Scouts American. Member board visitors Freedoms Foundation at Valley Forge. Member President's Committee for Handicapped, Governor of Virginia Committee for the Handicapped Employment.
Board directors Social Hygiene Society District of Columbia. Member of advisory board partridge Schools and Rehabilitation Center, Gainesville, Virginia. Member Civitan International, 1955-1985, governor Chesapeake district, 1961-1962, vice president zone 3, 1962-1964, international president-elect, 1964-1965, president, 1965-1966.
Fellow American Public Health Association, American College Legal Medicine. Member American Association Public Health Physicians (charter), American Venereal Disease Association, American Medical Association, Association Teachers Preventive Medicine, Royal Society Medicine Great Britain, American Association History of Medicine, District of Columbia Medical Society, Clinical Club Washington, Kentucky Bar Association, American Geriatric Society, World Medical Association, Academy Medicine, Masons (32 degree), Shriners, Phi Beta Pi, Alpha Tau Omega.
Married Alice Drew Chenoweth, Feb.12, 1942. 1 child, John Ralston.