Background
Little, Robert Colby was born on June 2, 1920 in Norwalk, Ohio, United States. Son of Edwin Robert and Eleanor Thresher (Colby) Little.
Little, Robert Colby was born on June 2, 1920 in Norwalk, Ohio, United States. Son of Edwin Robert and Eleanor Thresher (Colby) Little.
AB, Denison University, 1942. Doctor of Medicine, Western Reserve University, 1944. Master of Science, Western Reserve University, 1948.
Intern, Grace Hospital, Detroit, 1944-1945; United States Public Health Service postdoctoral research fellow, Western Reserve U., 1948-1949; resident internal medicine, Crile Veterans Administration Hospital., Cleveland, 1949-1950; assistant professor physiology, then associate professor physiology and medicine, U. Tennessee School Medicine, 1950-1954; research participant, Oak Ridge Institute Nuclear Studies, 1952; director clinical research, Mead Johnson & Company, 1954-1957; lecturer medicine, U. Louisville, 1955-1957; director cardio pulmonary laboratories, Scott and White Clinic, Scott Sherwood and Brindley Foundation, Temple, Texas, 1957-1959; professor physiology, assistant professor medicine, Seton Hall College Medicine and Dentistry, 1957-1964; acting department chairman physiology, Seton Hall College Medicine and Dentistry, 1961-1963; professor physiology, department chairman, also assistant professor medicine, Ohio State University School Medicine, 1964-1973; professor physiology, professor medicine, Medical College Georgia School Medicine, Augusta, 1973-1989; department chairman physiology, Medical College Georgia School Medicine, Augusta, 1973-1986; professor, chairman emeritus, Medical College Georgia School Medicine, Augusta, since 1989. Consultant in field.
Captain Medical Corps Army of the United States, 1945-1947. Member American Medical Association, American Physiological Society, Southern Society Clinical Investigation, American Heart Association, Society Experimental Biology and Medicine, American Federation Clinical Research, Sigma Xi, Sigma Chi, Alpha Kappa Kappa, Alpha Omega Alpha.
Married Claire Campbell Means, January 20, 1945. Children: William C., Edwin C.