Background
Houk, Vernon Neal was born on December 16, 1929 in Dos Palos, California, United States. Son of Guy and Alice Joyce (Woodiwiss) Houk.
Houk, Vernon Neal was born on December 16, 1929 in Dos Palos, California, United States. Son of Guy and Alice Joyce (Woodiwiss) Houk.
Student, San Jose State College, 1947-1949; Student, University of California-Berkeley, 1949-1950; Doctor of Medicine George Washington University, 1954.
Intern, Southern Pacific General Hospital, San Francisco, 1954-1955; commissioned, United States Navy, 1955; advanced through grades to commander, United States Navy regimental surgeon 4th Marine Fleet, United States Navy, 1955-1957; officer in charge, medical officer Amundsen-Scott International Geophysical Year, United States Navy, Antarctica, 1957-1959; resident, head chest and contagion branch department internal medicine, United States Naval Hospital, Bethesda, Maryland., 1959-1962; head pulmonary disease, United States Naval Hospital, St. Albans, New York, 1962-1965; assistant chief medicine, United States Naval Hospital, St. Albans, New York, 1965-1967; chief pulmonary disease section, Veterans Administration Hospital., Houston, Texas, 1967-1968; deputy director Tuberculosis division, United States Public Health Service Center for Disease Control, Atlanta, Georgia., 1968-1974; director environmental health services division, United States Public Health Service Center for Disease Control, Atlanta, Georgia., 1974-1983; acting director center environmental health, United States Public Health Service Center for Disease Control, Atlanta, Georgia., 1981-1983; director National Center Environmental Health and Injury Control, United States Public Health Service Center for Disease Control, Atlanta, Georgia., 1983-1993; assistant administrator, United States Public Health Service Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry, Atlanta, 1983-1989; assistant surgeon general, United States Public Health Service ATSDR, Atlanta, 1985; senior advisor for environmental health policy, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 1993-1994; retired, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 1994.
Fellow New York Academy Medicine, American College Chest Physicians, American College of Physicians, New York Academy of Sciences. Member New York Trudeau Society, Alpha Omega Alpha.