Background
Downs, Wilbur George was born on August 7, 1913 in Perth Amboy, New Jersey, United States. Son of James Cloyd and Mabel Lulu (Lehman) Downs.
Downs, Wilbur George was born on August 7, 1913 in Perth Amboy, New Jersey, United States. Son of James Cloyd and Mabel Lulu (Lehman) Downs.
Bachelor of Arts, Cornell Univercity, 1935; Doctor of Medicine Cornell Univercity, 1938; Master of Public Health, Johns Hopkins University, 1941; Master of Arts (honorary), Yale, 1964.
Member staff, Rockefeller Foundation, 1941-1961;
associate director, Rockefeller Foundation, 1961-1971;
director virus program, division biomedical science, Rockefeller Foundation, 1961-1971;
professor epidemiology, Yale Medical School, 1964-1971;
clinical professor epidemiology public health, Yale Medical School, 1973-1991. Founder (Rockefeller Foundation) Trinidad Regional Virus Laboratory, now Caribbean Epidemiology Center, Port-of-Spain, 1952. Member standing advising committee Medical Research British Caribbean, 1956-1971.
Expert panel arthropod-borne viruses World Health Organization, from 1956, chairman various advisory committees. Commission for malaria Armed Forces Epidemiological Board, 1965-1971. Member of advisory committees United States Public Health Service, United States.State Department, unites states department Defense, NAS.
Board of directors Hartley House, New York City Served with Army of the United States, 1942-1946. Member American Society Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, Royal Society Tropical Medicine and Hygiene.
Married Helen Hartley Geer. Children: Helen (Mistress Christian J. Haller III), Anne (Mistress James A. Carroll), William M., Isabel (Mistress Robert Warner). Married Dorothy Gardner, February 10, 1973.