Background
Pittman, Margaret was born on January 20, 1901 in Prairie Grove, Arkansas, United States. Daughter of James and Virginia Alice (McCormick) Pittman.
Pittman, Margaret was born on January 20, 1901 in Prairie Grove, Arkansas, United States. Daughter of James and Virginia Alice (McCormick) Pittman.
AB, Hendrix College, 1923; Master of Science, University of Chicago, 1926; Doctor of Philosophy, University of Chicago, 1929; Doctor of Laws, Hendrix College, 1954.
Teacher, principal, Academy Galloway Female College, Searcy, Arkansas, 1923-1925;
assistant scientist, Rockefeller Institute Medical Research, 1928-1934;
assistant bacteriologist, New York.State Laboratory Department of Health, Albany, 1934-1936;
medical bacteriologist, National Institutes of Health, Washington and Bethesda, Maryland., 1936-1971;
guest worker, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, 1971-1972;
guest worker, Food and Drug Administration, Bethesda, since 1972. Board directors United States Civil Superior vena cava syndrome Commission/National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, 1954-1957. Assistant member Armed Forces Epidemiology Board, Washington, 1967-1973l guest lecturer Howard U. College Medicine, Washington, 1967-1970.
Consultant World Health Organization, Geneva, 1958-1973, Pakistan-Southeast Asia Treaty Organization Cholera Research Laboratory, 1960-1970.
Promotional participant Wesley Theological Seminary, Washington, since 1987. Member Mount Vernon Peace United Methodist Church, Washington, since 1936, urban ministry, since 1987. Honorary fellow American Academy Pediatrics.
Member American Association for the Advancement of Science, American Association Immunologists, Society Experimental Biology and Medicine, Society General Microbiology, American Academy Pediatrics (honorary), American Society Microbiology (council, president Washington chapter Alice Evans award 1990, 50th Year award 1987), Washington Academy of Sciences (president), Sigma Delta Epsilon (honorary award 1987).