Background
Coggeshall, Lowell T. was born on May 7, 1901 in Saratoga, Indiana, United States. Son of William Evart and Flossie Ann (Warren) Coggeshall.
administrator investigator medical educator
Coggeshall, Lowell T. was born on May 7, 1901 in Saratoga, Indiana, United States. Son of William Evart and Flossie Ann (Warren) Coggeshall.
AB, Indiana University, 1924. AM, Indiana University, 1925. Doctor of Medicine, Indiana University, 1928.
Doctor of Laws (honorary), Indiana University, 1948. Doctor of Laws (honorary), Lake Forest University, 1961. Doctor of Science (honorary), Chicago Medical University, 1963.
Doctor of Science (honorary), Union University, 1964.
Intern, assistant professor medicine, University of Chicago Hospital, 1928-1935;
member of staff for research in tropical diseases, international health division, Rockefeller Foundation, Rockefeller Institute, New York City, 1935-1940;
professor preventive medicine, School Public Health, University of Michigan, 1940-1941;
department chairman tropical diseases, School Public Health, University of Michigan, 1942-1944;
senior medical officer, Pan-American Airways-Africa, 1941-1942;
department chairman medicine, University of Chicago, 1946-1947;
dean division biological science, University of Chicago, 1947-1950;
special assistant to, Secretary Department Department of Health, Education and Welfare, 1956-1957;
member consultant commission to survey medical education and research, 1957-1958;
vice president, University of Chicago, 1960-1966;
acting president, University of Chicago, 1965;
retired as Distinguished Service professor medicine, University of Chicago, 1966. Formerly consultant to Secretary of Navy, chairman medical consultant to Secretary of Defense. Member of advisory committee South Baldwin Hospital, chairman, 1975.
Board directors Field Foundation III, chairman 1961-1965. Board directors Gaylord and Dorothy Donnelley Foundation, 1980. Medical consultant Chicago Community Trust, 1965.
Former member City of Chicago Board Health, member executive board American Cancer Society (president 1958). Former trustee Chicago Museum Served with Medical Corps, United States Naval Reserve, 1944, later promoted captain. Fellow American College of Physicians.
Member National Academy of Sciences, American Association for the Advancement of Science, American Philosophical Society, Sigma Xi, Alpha Omega Alpha, Delta Omega.
Married Louise Holland, May 15, 1930 (deceased 1966). Children: Richard Edwin, Diane, Carol. Married Rebecca Clark Dobson, April 20, 1967 (deceased November 1987).