John Wister Meigs

Background

Meigs, John Wister was born on January 10, 1915 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of Edward Browning and Margaret (Wister) Meigs.

Education

Bachelor, Princeton University, 1936. Doctor of Medicine, Harvard University, 1940.

Career

Intern Pennsylvania Hospital, Philadelphia, 1940—1942. Assistant resident, medicine Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, 1942—1943. Medical officer Pan Am Airways, Seattle, 1943—1944, United States Steel Corporation, New Haven, 1953—1968.

Clinical professor, epidemiology Yale University, since 1947, director, Cancer Epidemiology Unit, 1974—1982. Visiting physician Yale-New Haven Hospital, since 1947. Consultant, occupational medicine Surgeon General United States Army, Washington, 1947—1968.

Consultant, occupational medicine & epidemiology Upjohn Company, North Haven, Connecticut, since 1965, Olin Corporation, Stamford, Connecticut, since 1980. Served to major Medical Corps United States Army, 1944-1947.

Achievements

• John Wister Meigs has been listed as a noteworthy epidemiology educator, consultant by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

President Fort Hunter Foundation, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, 1956—1981. Director New Haven Rehabilitation Center, 1951—1979. Fellow: American Public Health Association, American College Occupational Medicine (president, Connecticut chapter 1972-1973, Occupational Medicine Health Achievement award 1989).

Member: American Medical Association, American Industrial Hygiene Association, Graduate Club, New Haven Lawn Club.

Connections

Married Camilla Riggs, July 6, 1940. Children: Anne, Patience, Jonathan, Margaret.

Father:

Edward Browning Meigs

Mother:

Margaret (Wister) Meigs

Spouse:

Camilla Riggs

child:

Margaret Meigs

child:

Patience Meigs

child:

Jonathan Meigs

child:

Anne Meigs