Jacocks, William Picard, 1877-1965

Physician, native of Bertie County, N.C.

From the description of William Picard Jacocks papers, 1910-1965. WorldCat record id: 24527358

William Picard Jacocks (1877-1965), native of Bertie County, N.C., was a physician. He was a graduate of the University of North Carolina (BA), the University of Pennsylvania (MD), and Johns Hopkins University (Doctor of Public Health). After 1914, Jacocks was associated with the Rockefeller Foundation and spent much of his career in Asia, including India and Ceylon (now Sri Lanka), working on eradicating hookworm infections and other health issues. He retired in 1942 and moved back to Chapel Hill, N.C., where he was active in alumni affairs and family genealogy research.

From the guide to the William Picard Jacocks Papers, ., 1910-1965, (University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library. Southern Historical Collection.)

From the guide to the William Picard Jacocks Photographic Collection, circa 1950s, (University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library. North Carolina Collection Photographic Archives.)

William Picard Jacocks, native of Bertie County, N.C., was a physician. He was a graduate of the University of North Carolina (BA), the University of Pennsylvania (MD), and Johns Hopkins University (Doctor of Public Health). After 1914, Jacocks was associated with the Rockefeller Foundation and spent much of his career in Asia, including India and Ceylon (now Sri Lanka), working on eradicating hookworm infections and other health issues. He retired in 1942 and moved back to Chapel Hill, N.C., where he was active in alumni affairs and family genealogy research.

From the description of William Picard Jacocks photographic collection, circa 1950s. WorldCat record id: 747234531