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DR. JAMES E. BANTA
Dr. James E. Banta, age 95, of Metairie, LA passed away on Monday, April 10, 2023. James was born on July 1, 1927 in Tucumcari, NM.
Dr. Banta served in the U.S. Navy from 1944 to 1946 before earning his MD from Marquette University in 1950. He then went on to serve as a Medical Officer in the United States Navy from 1950 to 1960, earning his MPH from Johns Hopkins University in 1954 during this time. He served as a Captain Medical Officer in the United States Public Health Service from 1960 to 1969 before retiring from the United States Public Health Service; during this time he also served as the Medical Director of the Peace Corps from 1963 to 1965.
Dr. Banta later became the Dean of the School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine at Tulane University in New Orleans, LA from 1975 to 1987 and continued a long career of higher education teaching. The last position Dr. Banta held was as a Visiting Professor in the School of Public Health and Health Services at the George Washington University Medical Center in Washington, DC from 1992 to 2006.
He is survived by his loving wife of 34 years, Gladys Alva Banta.
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