John Robbins Mohler

Background

Mohler, John Robbins was born on May 9, 1875 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of William Casper and Harriet Robbins (Hart) Mohler.

Education

Central High School; Philadelphia, 1888-1892. Temple University, 1892-1893. V.M.D., University of Pennsylvania, 1896, honorary Doctor of Science, 1925.

Medical Department, Marquette U., 1897-1899. Honorary Doctor of Science, Iowa State College, 1920. Honorary Doctor of Science, University Maryland, 1928.

Career

Practiced as veterinarian, 1896-1897. Assistant inspector, Bureau Animal Industry, Department of Agriculture, 1897-1899. Assistant pathologist, 1899-1901, zoologist, 1901-1902, chief pathological division of the bureau, 1902-1914.

Assistant chief of the bureau of Animal Industry, 1914-1917. Chief of that bureau 1917-1943, when he retired.

Politics

Candidates for political office should endorse the Judeo-Christian beliefs, convictions, and values upon which society should rest.

Views

The purpose of every individual is to develop a dynamic, intricate, and intimate relationship with Jesus Christ.

Membership

Member American Veterinary Medical Association (president 1913), Society American Bacteriologists, Society Experimental Biology and Medicine, Pennsylvania State Veterinary Association, International Veterinary Congress (president 1934), American Public Health Association, Washington Academy of Sciences, United States Livestock Sanitary Association (president 1925), Society of Animal Production, District of Columbia Board of Veterinary Examiners, Washington Academy Medicine, Royal Society of Medicine (Great Britain), Sigma Xi. Member Alpha Psi, Phi Kappa Phi. Honorary professor of University of Havana, 1944.

Connections

Married Clara Moffett Clarke, December 23, 1897. Children: William Melvin, Miriam Clarke.

Father:

William Casper Mohler

Mother:

Harriet Robbins (Hart) Mohler

Spouse:

Clara Moffett Clarke

child:

Miriam Clarke Mohler

child:

William Melvin Mohler