Background
Bosma, James Frederick was born on April 29, 1916 in Grand Rapids, Michigan, United States. Son of John Jay and Gertrude (Jeltes) Bosma.
Bosma, James Frederick was born on April 29, 1916 in Grand Rapids, Michigan, United States. Son of John Jay and Gertrude (Jeltes) Bosma.
Bachelor, Calvin College, Grand Rapids, 1937; Doctor of Medicine, University of Michigan, 1941.
Rotating intern, Cleveland City Hospital, 1941-1942; intern, then resident in pediatrics, West Reserve U. Hospitals, Cleveland, 1942-1944; National Foundation Infantile Paralysis research fellow, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, 1944-1947; instructor department pediatrics School Medicine, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, 1947-1948; professor department pediatrics, School Medicine U. Utah, 1949-1959; National Institutes of Health Research fellow, Karolinska Institute, Stockholm, Sweden, 1959-1961; chief oral & pharyngeal development section, National Institute Dental Research National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland., 1961-1982; lecturer department radiology, The Johns Hopkings School Medicine, Baltimore, 1982-1985; research professor department dentistry for children, School Dentistry U. Maryland., Baltimore, 1984-1993; research professor department pediatrics, School Medicine U. Maryland., Baltimore, since 1984; clinical professor department neurology/rehabilitation, School Medicine U. Maryland., Baltimore, 1988-1992. Member consulting staff John F Kennedy Institute for Handicapped Children, Baltimore, 1982-1987. Symposia conductor in field.
Member American Pediatric Society, American Society for Pediatric Research, American Academy Pediatrics (section on child development), American Association for Cerebral Palsy and Development Medicine.
Married Julia S. Schaafsma, June 16, 1942. Children: Ann, John, Peter, Stephen, Elizabeth, Helen, Julia, Martha.
