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J. Michael Lane (John Michael Lane) was born on 14 February, 1936 in Boston, Massachusetts, U.S., is an American epidemiologist (1936–2020). Discover J. Michael Lane's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is he in this year and how he spends money? Also learn how he earned most of networth at the age of 84 years old?

Popular As John Michael Lane
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Age 84 years old
Zodiac Sign Aquarius
Born 14 February 1936
Birthday 14 February
Birthplace Boston, Massachusetts, U.S.
Date of death 21 October, 2020
Died Place Atlanta, Georgia, U.S.
Nationality United States

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His wife is Carolina Hernandez (m. 1969-1998) Lila Elizabeth Summer (m. 1998)

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1921

In the early 21st century, Lane was a proponent for the destruction of the existing stocks of smallpox vaccine because of its potential usage as a bio-terrorist weapon, and pleaded that Russia and the United States destroy their remaining vaccines.

1936

John Michael Lane (February 14, 1936October 21, 2020) was an American epidemiologist who was a director of the Epidemic Intelligence Service's Global Smallpox Eradication program from 1973 to 1981, and who played a leading role in the eradication of smallpox in 1977.

John Michael Lane was born on February 14, 1936, in Boston, Massachusetts, to Eileen O'Connor and Alfred Baker Lewis.

His mother was on the national board of the YWCA and a director of Planned Parenthood, and his father was a pro bono lawyer for the early NAACP and later a treasurer of the organization.

Lane had two brothers, a half-brother, and two half-sisters.

When he was six, his family moved to Greenwich, Connecticut, where Lane studied at the private Brunswick School.

1957

He graduated with a bachelor's degree from Yale University in 1957; a medical degree from Harvard University in 1961; and a public health epidemiology degree from the University of California, Berkeley in 1967.

Lane completed his internship at the Bellevue Hospital, in New York.

1963

Lane started his career as an epidemiologist with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's (CDC) Epidemic Intelligence Service in 1963.

He was assigned to the smallpox and other infectious diseases division within CDC.

During this time, he traveled to countries in Africa and south-east Asia, including Pakistan, India, Bangladesh, and Indonesia, to undertake vaccination campaigns and combat outbreaks of the disease.

1969

Lane married Carolina Hernandez in 1969.

1973

In 1973, Lane was appointed as the director of the Global Smallpox Eradication program.

1977

The last case of the disease was reported in Somalia in 1977, and it was declared as having been eradicated in 1980.

Speaking later about the strategies adopted, Lane recounted the role of volunteers who administered the vaccines, and the vaccination process itself.

He spoke of the importance of cooperating with local tribal regional leaders to ensure that the programs were administered to local populations.

An additional strategy that was adopted to circumvent the shortage of vaccines was to move from 'mass vaccination' to 'ring vaccination', with the latter strategy focused on 'surveillance and containment', and targeted vaccination within villages with known victims.

1981

He served in this position through 1981 as the last director of the program, successfully overseeing the eradication of the disease in 1977.

1987

Following his role with the Smallpox Eradication program, Lane stayed with the CDC through 1987 as a director of the Center for Prevention Services.

1988

He went on to teach at Emory University in Atlanta between 1988 and 1991, and at the Australian National University between 1991 and 1993, where he helped set up the Australian Field Epidemiology Training Program and served as the program director.

1993

Lane returned to teach at Emory University in 1993 and continued through 2001.

1998

The couple divorced in 1998.

He subsequently married Lila Elizabeth Summer in 1998.

Lane was an avid bird-watcher, trekker, and scuba diver.

He completed a trek across the United States from Atlanta to Seattle when he was 79.

2020

Lane died from colon cancer on October 21, 2020, at his home in Atlanta.