Roger Wright Williams

Background

Williams, Roger Wright was born on January 24, 1918 in Great Falls, Montana, United States. Son of Elmer Howard and Mary (Stuart-Davidson) Williams.

Education

Bachelor of Science, University Illinois, 1939. Master of Science, University Illinois, 1941. Postgraduate, Cornell University.

Postgraduate, University North Carolina School Public Health. Doctor of Philosophy, Columbia School Public Health, 1947. Certified applied parasitology and entomology, University London, 1957.

Career

Member faculty, Columbia School Public Health, New York City, 1944-1983; professor medical entomology, Columbia School Public Health, New York City, 1966-1982; professor emeritus, Columbia School Public Health, New York City, 1983; acting head division tropical medicine, Columbia School Public Health, New York City, 1970. Consultant United States Public Health Service, Alaska, 1949, Newton, Georgia, 1952, Therapeutic Research Foundation of Philadelphia Inc., 1949, Jackson Hole Preserve Inc., Government Virgin Islands, United States National Park Service, 1959-1961, Rockefeller Foundation, Trinidad, West Indies andBrazil, 1963. Filariasis research project World Health Organization, Rangoon, Burma, 1966-1970.

Member arbovirus field staff Rockefeller Foundation, Nigeria, 1964-1965. Member Corporation Bermuda Biological Station for Research, 1955-1980.

Achievements

• Roger Wright Williams has been listed as a noteworthy public health educator by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Member Tenafly (New Jersey) Community Orchestra, 1960-1963. Member Tenafly Town-Wide Committee, 1970. Member Boys Activities Committee, 1968-1972, trustee, 1969-1972, president, 1970-1972.

Chairman dads' committee troop 140 Boy Scouts American, Tenafly, 1968-1969, merit badge councilor, 1965-1983, 88-92. Member Ocean County Council, 1991-1992. District coordinator Manchester Township, New Jersey, 1989-1991.

Trustee Tenafly Nature Center, 1967-1971, vice president, 1968-1971. Advisory board American Christian College, 1971-1978. Deacon Tenafly Presbyterian Church, 1968-1974, elder, 1974-1979, 81-82.

Deacon Lakehurst Presbyterian Church, 1984-1987, elder, 1988-1993, chairman Vesper committee, member chapel committee and executive committee Crestwood Manor, since 1993. Volunteer Meals on Wheels program, 1989-1992. Officer United States Naval Reserve, 1943-1946.

Fellow American Association for the Advancement of Science. Member International College Tropical Medicine, International Filariasis Association, American Washington Entomological Societies, American Mosquito Control Association, American Society Parasitologists, American Royal Societies Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, Elisha Mitchel Science Society, New York Society Tropical Medicine (president 1969-1970), Tenafly Swim Club (trustee 1972-1974, vice president 1973, president 1974), Travel Club of Leisure Village West (board directors 1983-1989, vice president 1988), Nature Club (president 1989), Kiwanis (president elect Leisure Village West chapter 1985-1986, president 1986-1987, Distinguished past president 1987-1988), Mens Club Crestwood Manor, since 1993, Phi Sigma.

Connections

Married Marjorie Madeline Jones, May 9, 1943. Children: Barbara, Stuart Roger.

Father:

Elmer Howard Williams

Mother:

Mary (Stuart-Davidson) Williams

Spouse:

Marjorie Madeline Jones

child:

Barbara Williams

child:

Stuart Roger Williams