Background
Darby, William Jefferson was born on November 6, 1913 in Galloway, Arkansas, United States. Son of William J. and Ruth (Douglass) Darby.
physician biochemistry and nutrition educator
Darby, William Jefferson was born on November 6, 1913 in Galloway, Arkansas, United States. Son of William J. and Ruth (Douglass) Darby.
Bachelor of Science, University Arkansas, 1936; Doctor of Medicine, University Arkansas, 1937; Master of Science (University Sigma Xi fellow 1939-1940, Horace H. Rackham fellow 1940-1941), University of Michigan, 1941; Doctor of Philosophy, University Michigan, 1942; Honorary Doctor of Science, University of Michigan, 1966; Honorary Doctor of Science, Utah State University, 1973; Doctor of Science (honorary), University Arkansas, 1984.
Instructor physical chemistry, U. Arkansas School Medicine, 1937-1939;
assistant professor nutrition, U. North Carolina School of Public Health, 1942-1943;
instructor preventive medicine, Duke U. School Medicine, 1942-1943;
assistant professor biochemistry, also assistant professor medicine, Vanderbilt University School Medicine, 1944-1946;
associate professor biochemistry, Vanderbilt University School Medicine, 1946-1948;
professor biochemistry, department chairman, director division nutrition, Vanderbilt University School Medicine, 1949-1971;
professor nutrition, Vanderbilt University School Medicine, 1964-1979;
professor medicine in nutrition, Vanderbilt University School Medicine, 1965-1979;
professor biochemistry in nutrition, Vanderbilt University School Medicine, 1972-1979;
professor emeritus, Vanderbilt University School Medicine, since 1979;
honorary curator special collections-nutrition Medical Center Library, Vanderbilt University School Medicine, since 1977. President Nutrition Foundation, Inc., 1972-1982. Member study section biochemistry and nutrition, division research grants and fellowships United States Public Health Service, 1948-1953, chairman study section on metabolism and nutrition, 1948-1953, chairman study sect.on general medicine, 1956-1959, member commission on selection senior research fellowships, 1956-1959, chairman study section nutrition, 1959-1961.
Member food and nutrition board National Research Council, 1949-1971, member food protection committee, 1950-1971, chairman, 1954-1971. Member of advisory board Institute Nutrition Central American and Panama, 1950-1964. Member World Health Organization Expert Advisory Panel on nutrition, 1950-1982, Food and Agriculture Organization (of the United Nations) and World Health Organization Joint Expert Committee on Nutrition, 1954, 57, 61, 66.
Science advising committee SamuelR. Noble Foundation, 1953-1963, 78, chairman, 1955, 58, 61, 78. Chairman Joint Food and Agriculture Organization (of the United Nations)-World Health Organization Expert Committee on Food Additives, 1956. Consultant Interdeptl.
Committee onNutrition for National Defense, 1955-1966. Co-ordinator World Health Organization Protein advisory group, 1956-1960. Member board science counselors National Institute Arthritis and Metabolic Diseases National Institutes of Health, 1957-1959, member of advisory committee diet, nutrition and cancer program National Cancer Institute, 1975-1977.
Member Food and Agriculture Organization (of the United Nations)/World Health Organization/United Nations International Children’s Emergency Fund Protein Advisory Group, 1960-1962. Member science advising committee Nutrition Foundation, 1958-1965, 67-71, Science Advisory Committee National Vitamin Foundation, 1950-1964. Kempner lecturer University Texas Medical Board, Galveston, 1961.
Negus lecturer Medical College Virginia, 1972, Virginia Academy Science, 1975. W.O. Atwater lecturer United States Department of Agriculture, 1975, Underwood-Prescott Memorial lecturer, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1979. Chairman advising committee United Health Foundation,1962-1970.
Chairman food science mission to Europe USDA, 1963. Technical advising committee Institute Nutrition Sciences, Columbia University, 1966-1970. Visiting committee department nutrition and food science Massachusetts Institute Technology, 1963-1968, 74-76.
National consultant USAFSurgeon General, 1967-1972. Member of council on foods and nutrition American Medical Association, 1948-1962, 65-73, chairman, 1967-1970. Member of commission on pesticides secretary Department of Health, Education and Welfare, 1969-1971.
Member long range planning committee Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology, 1969-1970. Member Tennessee Governor's Advisory Commision on Consumer Protection, 1969-1970. Member of advisory commission on nutrition Agency for International Development, 1968-1972.
Visiting professor University of California at Davis, 1967. Advising committee on personnel for research American Cancer Society, 1962-1965. Public trustee Food Law Institute, since 1962.
Member board basic science examiners State of Tennessee, 1961-1972, president, 1962-1972. Member board commissioner Navajo Health Authority, 1972-1977;advisory task force world hunger Presbyterian Church United States, 1972-1976. Member Tennessee Governor's Commission Aging, 1972-1976.
Co-chairman hazardous materials advising committee Environmental Protection Agency, 1971-1974, environmental health advising committee, 1974-1979. Trustee International Life Sciences Institute 1978-1982, Oley Foundation, Albany, New York, 1983-1987, Food Safety Council, 1977-1982, Food Processors Institute, 1973-1976. Trustee, member medical advi. county Alcoholic Beverage Medical Research Foundation, 1981-1989, chairman 1986-1987, emeritus trustee, since 1989.
Member review board biomedical division Samuel Roberts Noble Foundation, 1977-1979. Member environmental health advising committee Environmental Protection Agency, 1974-1979. Board directors, trustee Swanson Center for Nutrition, 1973-1989.
Public trustee Nutrition Foundation, 1972-1982. Advisor on nutrition program Howard Heinz Endowment, since 1981.
President Williamson County (Tennessee) History Society, 1984-1985, vice president, 1985-1986. Fellow American College of Physicians (master 1973). Member National Academy Sciences, American Chemical Society (Spencer award 1972), American Institute Nutrition (president 1958, Elvehjem award 1972, Osborne-Mendel award 1962), American Public Health Association, American Medical Association (chairman council foods and nutrition 1960-1962, 67-70), American Society Biological Chemists, Society Experimental Biology and Medicine, Nutrition Society (Great Britain), Southern Society Clinical Research (vice president 1948), American Federation Clinical Research, American Society Clinical Investigation, Association American Physicians, Austrian Public Health Association (honorary), National Medical Association Panama, American Academy Sciences, Serbian Academy Sciences (honorary member), Philippine Dietetic Association (honorary), L'Institute d'Egypte (associate).
Married Elva Louise Mayo, June 12, 1935. Children— William J., James Richard, Thomas Douglass.