Background
Halstead, Scott Barker was born on January 23, 1930 in Lucknow, India. Son of Gordon Brinkerhoff and Helen (Honsinger) Halstead. came to the United States, 1932.
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Scott Barker Halstead
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Education
Bachelor, Yale University, 1951; Doctor of Medicine, Columbia University, 1955; Doctor of Medicine (honorary), Mahidol U., Bangkok, 1990.
Career
Second in command Lieutenant, United States Army, 1957;
advanced through grade lieutenant colonel, United States Army, 1967;
retired, United States Army, 1968;
professor, chairman, U. Hawaii School Medicine, Department Tropical Medicine, Honolulu, 1968-1983;
professor, U. Hawaii School Public Health, Honolulu, 1968-1983;
deputy and acting director health science division, Rockefeller Foundation, New York City, 1983-1995;
director infectious disease research, United States Navy, Bethesda, Maryland., since 1995. Advisor Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome vaccine National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland., since 1988, advisor infectious diseases, Centers Disease Control, Atlanta, since 1989, Langmuir lecturer, 1981;member Armed Forces Epidemiology Board, Washington, 1987-1993. Advisor Program for Vaccine Development, World Health Organization, 1989-1994.
Co-founder Children's Vaccine Initiative, 1990.
Achievements
Membership
Member American Society Tropical Medicine and Hygiene (president 1990-1991), International Federation Tropical Medicine (president since 1992).
Connections
Married Edna Gertrude Fishburn, May 28, 1955. Children: Rodd, Layne, Geoffrey.
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Nationality
American