Robert Ellis Shope

Background

Shope, Robert Ellis was born on February 21, 1929 in Princeton, New Jersey, United States. Son of Richard Edwin Shope and Helen Madden (Ellis) Flemer.

Education

Bachelor, Cornell Univercity, 1951; Doctor of Medicine, Cornell Univercity, 1954.

Career

Intern then resident, Grace-New Haven Hospital, 1954-1958; member of staff, Rockefeller Foundation, Belem, Brazil, 1959-1965; director, Belem Virus Laboratory, Brazil, 1963-1965; from assistant to associate professor epidemiology, Yale School Medicine, New Haven, 1965-1975; professor, Yale School Medicine, New Haven, 1975-1995; professor pathology, University Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, since 1995. Advisory board Gorgas Institute, Panema City, 1972-1990. Member World Health Organization Expert Panel Arboviruses, Geneva, Switzerland, since 1974, United States delegate United States-Japan Cooperative Medical Sciences Program, Washington, since 1977, Pan American Health Organisation Common for Dengue, Washington, since 1980.

Achievements

• Robert Ellis Shope has been listed as a noteworthy Epidemiology educator by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Served to captain United States Army, 1955-1957, Southeast Asia. Fellow American Academy Microbiology. Member American Society Tropical Medicine and Hygiene (president 1980, Bailey K. Ashford award 1974, Walter Reed award 1993), American Society Virology, American Society Epidemiology, Infectious Diseases Society American.

Connections

Married Virginia Elizabeth Barbour, December 27, 1958. Children— Peter, Steven, Deborah, Bonnie.

Father:

Richard Edwin Shope Flemer

Mother:

Helen Madden (Ellis) Flemer

Spouse:

Virginia Elizabeth Barbour