Background
Cobb, William Montague was born on October 12, 1904 in Washington, District of Columbia, United States. Son of William Elmer and Alexzine E. (Montague) Cobb.
anatomist anthropologist educator medical editor worker
Cobb, William Montague was born on October 12, 1904 in Washington, District of Columbia, United States. Son of William Elmer and Alexzine E. (Montague) Cobb.
AB (Blodgett scholar), Amherst College, 1925. Doctor of Science (honorary)(honorary), Amherst College, 1955. Doctor of Medicine, Howard University, 1929.
Doctor of Humane Letters (honorary)(honorary), Howard University, 1980. Doctor of Philosophy, Western Reserve University, 1932. Doctor of Science (honorary)(honorary), Colby College, 1984.
Doctor of Humane Letters (honorary)(honorary), Medical College Pennsylvania, 1986. Certified in embryology, Marine Biological Laboratory, Woods Hole, Massachusetts. Student, United States National Museum, Washington University.
Doctor of Laws, Morgan State College, 1964. Doctor of Laws, University Witwatersrand, South Africa, 1977. Doctor of Science, Georgetown University, 1978.
Doctor of Science, Medical College Wisconsin, 1979. Doctor of Science, University Arkansas, 1983. Division of Medical Sciences, Brown University, 1983.
Intern, Freedmen's Hospital, Washington, 1929-1930;
instructor embryology, Howard U., 1928-1929;
assistant professor anatomy, Howard U., 1932-1934;
associate professor, Howard U., 1934-1942;
professor anatomy, Howard U., 1942-1969;
head department, Howard U., 1947-1969;
distinguished professor anatomy, Howard U., 1969-1973;
professor emeritus, Howard U., 1973. Visiting professor anatomy Stanford University, 1972, U. Maryland., 1974, West Virginia University, 1980. Distinguished University professor of University Arkansas Medical Sciences Center, 1979.
Visiting professor, Danzlectr. U. Washington, 1978; visiting professor orthopaedic surgery Harvard University, 1981. Visiting professor anatomy Medical College Wisconsin, 1982.
Director Distinguished Senior Scholars Lecture Series U. District of Columbia, 1983. Junior medical officer United States Department of Agriculture, 1935. Member Public Health Advisory Council of District of Columbia, 1953-1961, chairman, 1956-1958.
Chief medical examiner Freedmen's Hospital Board, District of Columbia Selective Service System, 1941. Civilian consultant to surgeon general United States Army, 1945. Member Executive Committee White House Conference on Health, 1965.
Fellow in anatomy Western Reserve U., 1933-1939, associate anatomy, 1942-1944.
Active National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, 1952—1982, board directors, 1976—1982, president, 1976—1982. Member Friends of National Zoo, Junior Police, 1941—1942, citizens Corporation. Fellow: National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (chairman national medical committee 1950, board directors 1949-1982, president 1976-1982), American Association for the Advancement of Science (member 1957-1959), Medica-Chirurgical Society District of Columbia (recording secretary 1935-1941, president 1945-1947, 1954-1956), Anthropological Society Washington 1949-1951, Association Study of Negro Life and History, Washington Society History of Medicine 1972, American Association History of Medicine, American Society Mammologists, National Urban League (health specialist 1945-1947), National Medical Association (state vice president 1943, editor 1949-1977, chairman council on medical education and hospitals 1949-1963, national president 1964-1965), Anatomical Society Great Britain and Ireland, American Eugenics Society (director 1957-1968), American Association Physical Anthropologists (vice president 1948-1950, president 1957-1959), Association Anatomists (Henry Gray award 1980), Gerontol Society, American Anthropological Association, Alpha Omega Alpha, Sigma Xi, Omega Psi Phi (chairman scholarship committee 1939-1948).
Member: Cosmos Club (Washington).
Married Hilda B. Smith, June 26, 1929 (deceased June 1976). Children: Carolyn Cobb Wilkinson, Hilda Amelia Cobb Gray.