Robert Lee Watson

Background

Watson, Robert Lee was born on December 17, 1931 in Scribner, Nebraska, United States. Son of Joseph Raymond and Evelyn Lucille (Mucke) Watson.

Education

Doctor of Veterinary Medicine, Iowa State University, 1955; Master in Public Health, University of Minnesota, 1961; Philosophy Doctor, University of Minnesota, 1973.

Career

Public health veterinarian, Public Health Svc., Georgia State Department Health, Atlanta, 1955-1956; public health veterinarian, Public Health Svc., Maryland. State Department Health, Baltimore, 1957-1960; epidemiologist, public health veterinarian, Public Health Svc., Mississippi State Department Health, Jackson, 1961-1963; assistant professor preventive medicine School Medicine, U. Mississippi, Jackson, 1968-1971; associate professor, U. Mississippi, Jackson, 1971-1978; professor preventive medicine, U. Mississippi, Jackson, since 1978; chief division epidemiology, U. Mississippi, Jackson, since 1976. Consultant National Academy Science Institute Medicine, 1972, Mississippi State Department Health,1974-1985, 87.

Vice chairman Mississippi Diabetes Coord. Council, Mississippi State Department Health, 1985-1987, chairman, 1987. Member Executive Board Mississippi Heart Association, Jackson, 1989-1992.

Lecturer School Public Health University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, 1967, 69, School Public Health Tulane University, New Orleans, 1968, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore,1969.

Achievements

• Robert Lee Watson has been listed as a noteworthy Epidemiologist, educator by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Leader 4-H Club, Jackson and Madison County, 1966-1986. Manager Little League Baseball, Jackson, 1966-1970. Lieutenant commander United States Public Health Service, 1955-1963.

Fellow American Heart Association (county epidemiology since 1974, consultant, member risk factor screening committee 1971). Member Mississippi Heart Association (Distinguished Svc. award 1974.

Connections

Married Mary Jane Barnell. Children: David, Donald, Kenneth, James.

Father:

Joseph Raymond Watson

Mother:

Evelyn Lucille (Mucke) Watson

Spouse:

Mary Jane Barnell

child:

Donald Watson

child:

Kenneth Watson

child:

James Watson

child:

David Watson