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Bell, Joseph Asbury was born on March 27, 1904 in Trinidad, Colorado, United States. Son of Joseph C. and Bessie (Sherman) Bell.
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Joseph Asbury Bell, American physician. Decorated Legion of Merit. Member commission on influenza Armed Forces Epidemiological Board; member expert advisory panel on international quarantine World Health Organization.; Served with United States Army, 1943-1945.; member American Epidemiological Society (president 1952).
Education
Doctor of Medicine, University Colorado, 1929. Master of Public Health, Johns Hopkins, 1937, Doctor P.H., 1948.
Career
Intern United States Marine Hospital, San Francisco, 1929-1930, resident, 1932-1933. Practice medicine, from 1930. Commissioned United States Public Health Service, 1930, medical director, 1947.
Chief laboratory infectious diseases National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland.
Achievements
Membership
Member commission on influenza Armed Forces Epidemiological Board. Member expert advisory panel on international quarantine World Health Organization. Served with United States Army, 1943-1945.
Member American Epidemiological Society (president 1952).
Connections
Married Margaret Nichols, September 26, 1927. Children: Margaret Joan, Shirley May.
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Died
October 29, 1968 (aged 64) -
Resting place
Buried Parklawn Memorial Park, Rockville Doctor of Medicine -
Nationality
American