Louis Cossitt La Motte

Background

Motte, Louis Cossitt La was born on January 21, 1928 in Clinton, South Carolina. Son of Louis Cossitt Senior and Sarah (Hunter) La Motte.

Education

AB, Duke U., 1948; Master of Science in Public Health, U. North Carolina, 1951; Doctor of Science, Johns Hopkins University, 1958.

Career

Bacteriologist, North Carolina State Laboratory Hygiene, Raleigh, 1948-1951; virologist, United States Army Chemical Corps, Fort Detrick, Maryland., 1951-1958; chief virus investigations unit, Communicable Disease Center, Greeley, Colorado, 1958-1966; assistant chief disease ecology section, Communicable Disease Center, Greeley, Colorado, 1965-1966; chief community studies branch, Communicable Disease Center, Atlanta, 1966-1969; director microbiology division, Center for Disease Control, Atlanta, 1969-1973; director technical evaluation and assistance division, Center for Disease Control, Atlanta, 1973-1986. Member dean's alumni county School Hygiene and Public Health, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, since 1995. Consultant Division Public Health Georgia, Atlanta, 1994.

Member recombinant advising committee National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland., 1970. Member Executive Committee American Committee on Arthropod-borne Viruses, Atlanta, 1964-1966.

Achievements

• Louis Cossitt Louisiana Motte has been listed as a notable Medical scientist, consultant by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Trustee Georgia Federal Military Retiree Coalition, Atlanta, 1990-1993. Coordinator Neighborhood Watch Association, Dunwoody, Georgia, since 1986. Advisor School Public Health, Emory University, Atlanta, since 1994.

Interests

• Avocations: computer utilization, development of learning community in North Carolina town.

Connections

Married Lila Jean Magruder, December 31, 1948. Children: Barbara Jones, Robert, Nancy Warren, Diane, Cynthia Love.

Father:

Louis Cossitt Senior Motte

Mother:

Sarah (Hunter) La Motte

Spouse:

Lila Jean Magruder

child:

Diane Motte

child:

Nancy Warren Motte

child:

Barbara Jones Motte

child:

Robert Motte

child:

Cynthia Love Motte