Background
Beaver, Paul Chester was born on March 10, 1905 in Glenwood, Indiana, United States. Son of John Chester and Blanche Emma (Murphy) Beaver.
Beaver, Paul Chester was born on March 10, 1905 in Glenwood, Indiana, United States. Son of John Chester and Blanche Emma (Murphy) Beaver.
Bachelor of Arts, Wabash College, 1928; Honorary Doctor of Science, Wabash College, 1963; Master of Sciences, University Illinois, 1929; Doctor of Philosophy, University Illinois, 1935.
Assistant zoology, University of Illinois, 1928-1929, 31-34;
instructor zoology, U. Wyoming, 1929-1931;
instructor biology, Oak Park Junior College, 1934-1937;
assistant professor biology, Lawrence College, 1937-1942;
investigator, University of Michigan Biological Station, summer 1938, 39, 42;
biologist, Wisconsin Department Health, summer 1940;
biologist, Georgia Department Public Health, 1942-1945;
assistant professor parasitology, Tulane University Medical School, 1945-1947;
associate professor, Tulane University Medical School, 1947-1952;
professor, Tulane University Medical School, 1952-1993;
head department parasitology, Tulane University Medical School, 1956-1971;
William Vincent professor tropical diseases and hygiene, Tulane University Medical School, 1958-1976;
professor emeritus, Tulane University Medical School, 1976-1993. Director International Center Medical Research and Training in Colombia, 1967-1976. Visiting professor Eastern Montana Normal School, summers 1935-1937, Colorado State College, 1941, University of Michigan, 1954-1956, 58, U. Natal Medical School, Durban, South Africa, 1957.
Honorary visiting professor Universidad del Valle, Cali, Colombia, 1970-1976. Consultant Georgia Department Public Health, 1946-1953, United States Public Health Service Hospital, New Orleans,1949-1972, World Health Organization, 1960-1977. Member committee standards and examinations American Board Microbiology, 1960-1967.
Member of commission parasitic diseases Armed Forces Epidemiological Board, 1953-1973, director commission parasitic diseases, 1967-1973. Member American Foundation Tropical Medicine, 1960-1966. Microbiology fellowships review panel National Institutes of Health, 1960-1963.
Member World Health Organization expert commission on intestinal helminths, 1963, temporary advisory, 1960, 61, 65, 66, 80, 81, 86, World Health Organization expert panel on parasitic diseases, 1963-1977. Board science counselors National Institute Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, 1966-1968. Member National Institutes of Health parasitic diseases panel United States-Japan Cooperative Medical Science Program, 1965-1969.
Member of advisory science board Gorgas Meml.Inst. Tropical and Preventive Medicine, 1970-1991.
Fellow American Academy Microbiology (board governors 1966-1975), American Association for the Advancement of Science. Member International Filariasis Association (honorary), American Society Tropical Medicine and Hygiene (councilor 1956-1957, vice president 1958, president 1969), Royal Society Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, American Society Parasitologists (councilor 1952-1954, 56-59, president 1968), American Micros. Society (vice president 1953, executive committee 1955-1959, 61-62), Society Experimental Biology and Medicine, American Public Health Association, Société Belge de Medicine Tropicale de Parasitologie et de Mycologie, Société de Pathologie Exotique (France.
Honorary), Sociedad Mexicana de Parasitologia (honorary), New Orleans Academy of Sciences, Brazilian Society Tropical Medicine (honorary), Sigma Xi, Delta Omega, Alpha Omega Alpha (honorary) Clubs: Round Table (New Orleans).
Son of John Chester and Blanche Emma (Murphy) B. M. Lela E. West, October 16, 1931. 1 daughter, Paula Jean Beaver Chipman.