Theodor Rosebury

Rosebury was born on 10 August 1904 in London. He became a naturalized U.S. citizen in 1916 and attended the University of Pennsylvania (DDS, 1928). == Career ==

He was chief of the Airborne Infection project at Fort Detrick, Maryland, during World War II. He conducted research in Alaska with Leuman Maurice Waugh (1877–1972), a dentist, explorer, and lecturer. He was a professor at Columbia University College of Dental Medicine. He later resided in Chicago. He ended his career as an Emeritus Professor of bacteriology at Washington University in St. Louis. == Later life and death ==

After retirement, he dedicated himself to writing, cabinetmaking, and music, playing the flute. He died at his home in Conway, Massachusetts, on 25 November 1976 at the age of 72. ==Works==

• Experimental Air-Borne Infection: Equipment and Methods for the Quantitative Study of Highly Infective Agents... / by T. Rosebury with the co-authorship and assistance of the staff of the laboratories of Camp Detrick, Maryland. Balt., Williams and Wilkins, 1947 bibl., illus. • Theodor Rosebury and Elvin A. Kabat (1947), "Bacterial Warfare: A Critical Analysis of the Available Agents, Their Possible Military Applications, and the Means for Protection Against Them", Journal of Immunology 56, 1, (May 1947): pp 7–96. • Peace or Pestilence? Biological Warfare and How to Avoid It (1949), New York City: McGraw-Hill. • Microorganisms Indigenous to Man (1962), New York: McGraw-Hill Book Company. • Life on Man (1969), New York: The Viking Press. • Microbes and Morals: The Strange Story of Venereal Disease (1971), New York: The Viking Press. ==Accolades==

• Fellow, American Association for the Advancement of Science • Member, International Association for Dental Research • Member, American Society for Microbiology • Member, the Harvey Society • Member, American Public Health Association • Diplomate, American Academy of Microbiology ==References==