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George T. Carmichael
(1921 - 2009):
1984 Hathaway-Ritter Distinguished Achievement Award
 Mr.
George T. Carmichael was born on February 16, 1921 in Iuka Mississippi.
He graduated from Iuka High School in 1950 with a B.S. in Civil Engineering,
University of Michigan in 1950 with an MPH in Engineering and his MSE in
Sanitary Engineering in 1951. He was commissioned as an officer
(Commander) in the USPS in 1953 and was a reserve officer thereafter.
He served during WWII in the U.S. Army Air Force (2nd Air Force) and as a
Base Station Officer, 1st Lt. from 1943-1946.
His professional
career after the war included: Mississippi State Board of Health
(1954-1957); U.S. State Department, Institute of Inter-American Affairs
(1952-1954), where he was assigned to Mexico and served as Consultant to the
Ministry of Health of Mexico on all sanitary engineering matters; Chatham
Co. Mosquito Control District, Director (1957-1963); Florida State Board of
Health (1954-1957); and, the first director of New Orleans Mosquito Control
Board, where he did the initial survey that led to the formation of the
program (1964-1968). He was hired by the City's then Health Director,
Dr. Rodney C. Jung, who was the New Orleans Mosquito Control Board Chairman
for many years, making Mr. Carmichael the second mosquito control district
director in the state. This organization is now the New Orleans
Mosquito, Termite and Rodent Control Board (NOMTCB). His Assistant
Director, Mr. Edgar S. Bordes Jr., succeeded him as only the second of three
directors in the program's 45 year history.
Mr. Carmichael received
the Meritorious Service Award from the American Mosquito Control Association
(AMCA) in 1971 and was awarded the AMCA's Medal of Honor in 1984. He
was a member of the AMCA and president of that organization in 1969.
He also held membership in the mosquito control associations of Louisiana,
Florida, Texas, California and the American Public Works Association.
He was Secretary-Treasurer of the Louisiana Mosquito Association (LMCA) for
many years, Vice President in 1976, and President in 1977. He also
hosted the LMCA office at the NOMTCB headquarters for many years, which was
under the direction of Dr. Edward S. Hathaway until Mr. Hathaway left LMCA.
He was an early recipient of the LMCA's Hathaway-Ritter Award. He was
a tireless worker for the expansion of mosquito control in Louisiana.
Mr. Carmichael published several scientific articles and was a malaria
control consultant in Pakistan, Haiti, India, El Salvador, several public
organizations and served as a member of the "Advisory Committee on
Encephalitis" for the Florida State Board of Health for five years
(1963-1968).
Upon retiring, Mr. Carmichael and his wife, Cleo, moved
to Knoxville, TN to be close to family. There, he enjoyed fishing,
playing tennis, and officiating AAU tennis matches.
Author -
Michael K. Carroll
New Orleans Mosquito, Termite and Rodent Control,
Director
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