Background
Cross, Richard James was born on March 31, 1915 in New York City.
Cross, Richard James was born on March 31, 1915 in New York City.
Graduate, Groton School, 1933. Bachelor, Yale, 1937. Doctor of Medicine, Columbia, 1941.
Medical Doctor of Science, Columbia, 1949.
Intern Presbyterian Hospital, New York City, 1941-1942, assistant resident, 1946-1948. Instructor medicine Columbia, 1947-1949, associate medicine, 1951-1957, assistant professor, 1957-1959, assistant dean, 1957-1959. Associate dean, assistant professor medicine University Pittsburgh School Medicine, 1959-1963.
Dean faculty medicine University Ghana, West Africa, 1963. Associate professor medicine Temple University, 1963-1964. Assistant to executive director Association American Medical Colleges, 1964-1965.
Lecturer Northwestern University School Medicine, 1965. Professor medicine Rutgers Medical School, College Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey, 1965-1985, associate dean, 1965-1970, professor community medicine, 1970-1985, professor emeritus, from 1985, chairman department, 1970-1980. National Research Council fellow Public Health Research Institute, New York City, 1949-1951.
Board directors Sex Information and Education Council United States.
Member Fair Lawn (New Jersey) Board Education, 1951-1954. Served to captain, Medical Corps Army of the United States, 1942-1946. Member American Medical Association, Association American Medical Colleges, American Public Health Association, American Society for Science Study of Sex, American Association Sex Educators, Counselors and Therapists.
Married Margaret W. Lee, June 28, 1939. Children– Richard James, Margaret Lee, AlanWhittemore, Anne Redmond, Jane Randolph.