Background
Summers, William Cofield was born on April 17, 1939 in Janesville, Wisconsin, United States. Son of Crosby Hungerford and Rebecca Delores (Cofield) Summers.
Summers, William Cofield was born on April 17, 1939 in Janesville, Wisconsin, United States. Son of Crosby Hungerford and Rebecca Delores (Cofield) Summers.
Bachelor of Science, University Wisconsin, 1961. Master of Science, University Wisconsin, 1963. Phd, Doctor of Medicine, University Wisconsin, 1967.
MAH, Yale University, 1977.
Post-doctoral fellow Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1967-1968. Assistant professor Yale University, New Haven, 1968-1970, associate professor, 1970-1977, professor, since 1977. Consultant National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, since 1976.
Consultant Anna Fuller Fund, New Haven, 1973-1988, Searle Scholars Program, Chicago, 1980-1984. Trustee Leukemia Society of America, New York City, 1981-1985, Yale-China Association, New Haven, 1982-1988, 94-98. Member American Society for Microbiology, History Science Society, American Association History of Medicine.
Married Wilma Jean Poos, July 24, 1965. 1 child, Emily Alexandra.