Background
Cherry, William Bailey was born on April 27, 1916 in Bowling Green, Kentucky, United States. Son of William Bailey and Cora Belle (Gott) Cherry.
Cherry, William Bailey was born on April 27, 1916 in Bowling Green, Kentucky, United States. Son of William Bailey and Cora Belle (Gott) Cherry.
Bachelor of Science in Chemistry, Western Kentucky State Teachers College, 1937. Master of Science in Bacteriology, University Kentucky, 1942. Doctor of Philosophy in Microbiology, University Wisconsin, 1949.
Technical, teaching assistant, U. Kentucky, Lexington, 1939-1941; bacteriologist, U. Kentucky Agricultural Experimental Station, Lexington, 1941-1943; teaching and research assistant, University of Wisconsin, Madison, 1946-1947; research fellow, University of Wisconsin, Madison, 1947-1949; assistant professor, U. Tennessee, Knoxville, 1949-1951; commissioned officer, United States Public Health Service, Atlanta, 1951-1981; retired, United States Public Health Service, 1981; with research training and diagnosis departments Center Disease Control, United States Public Health Service, 1951-1981. Consultant clinical microbiology St. Mary's Hospital, Knoxville, Tennessee, 1950-1951. Adjunct Professor Georgia State University, Atlanta, 1970-1981.
Lieutenant United States Naval Reserve, 1943-1946. Fellow American Academy Microbiology. Member American Public Health Association (laboratory section), American Association for the Advancement of Science, American Society Microbiology (secretary, vice chairman, chairman division medical microbiology and immunology 1967-1970, Becton-Dickinson award 1982), Sigma Xi.
Married Kathryn Challinor, June 17, 1944 (deceased March 1996). Children: Anne Carter, William Bailey World War II.