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James William Colbert Jr. (December 15, 1920 – September 11, 1974) was an American physician and the first vice president of academic affairs at the Medical University of South Carolina (MUSC), serving in this capacity from 1969 until his death in a plane crash in 1974. He was the father of Stephen Colbert and Elizabeth Colbert Busch .
Aug 20, 2019 · Dr. James William "Jim" Colbert Jr. Born 14 Dec 1920 in Larchmont, New York, United States. Ancestors. Son of James William Colbert and Mary Margaret Tormey. Brother of Helen C Tormey [half] Husband of [private wife (1920s - 2010s) ] Descendants. Father of [private daughter (1940s - unknown)] , [private daughter (1950s - unknown)] and Stephen ...
- December 14, 1920
- September 11, 1974
Dr James William Colbert Jr. He died when Eastern Airlines Flight 212 went down in a North Carolina cornfield. James Colbert, and two of his sons, Paul, 18, and Peter, 15, were on the doomed flight, and lost their lives along with 69 other people. James was the Father of Stephen Colbert, of The Colbert Report on Comedy Central.
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Mar 29, 2018 · Having acquired his medical training and skills at Columbia and Yale, James William Colbert, Jr., M.D., served with the U.S. Army’s Medical Corps and as Assistant Dean of the Yale University School of Medicine, before becoming at age 32, the youngest person to hold the deanship of a medical school (at St. Louis).
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Family & Education. James (Left) and his twin sister, Margaret, 6 months old, 1921. James William Colbert, Jr., M.D. was born in New York City on December 15, 1920. Raised in Larchmont, NY, Colbert grew up in a devout Roman Catholic household and attended parochial schools. A bookish child from an early age, Colbert spent his formative years at ...
Jan 22, 2019 · James W. Colbert was born, along with twin sister Margaret, on December 14, 1920 in the Bronx, New York to parents James Sr. and Mary Tormey Colbert. The family lived in Larchmont, Westchester County, New York and was strictly Roman Catholic. Colbert, known as "Jim" to his family, was considered a "bookish" child.
Colbert lost his father James William Colbert Jr. and his two brothers Paul and Peter in one fell swoop when he was just 10 years old. Paul was 18, Peter 15, and James William Colbert Jr. was 53 ...
