Biography:

Sociologist; University professor. Born– March 19, 1939, Indianapolis, Ind. Parents– David S. and Jeanette (Walsh) Coombs. Married– Joan, May 12, 1973. Children– Two. Education– University of Notre Dame, B.A., 1961; University of Florida, M.A., 1968, Ph.D., 1971; Master of Public Health, UAB.  Served in the Peace Corps, 1961-1963; taught at the Universidad del Valle in Cali, Columbia, 1966-1967, at Spring Hill College 1969-1970, at the University of Alabama, 1970-1983, and at the University of Alabama in Birmingham after 1983. Published articles in many professional journals.  Awarded a Rockefeller Foundation fellowship, a State of Florida scholarship, and several research grants. Co-founder of a pioneering employee assistance program for business and industry in Guatemala. Founding member of the Alabama Suicide Prevention and Resource Center. Awarded emeritus status on his retirement at UAB.

Source:

David W. Coombs, Birmingham.

Joint_Publication(s):

Map Abstract of Mortality Factors Affecting the Elderly. Tuscaloosa, Ala.; University of Alabama Press, 1979.

Contributor:

Problems of Mental Retardation, Cerebral Palsy, and Epilepsy in Alabama; a Sociological Analysis. Tuscaloosa, Ala.; University of Alabama Press, 1978.