{{Short description|American anatomist and dermatoglyphics specialist}} {{Infobox scientist | honorific_prefix = | name = Harold Cummins | honorific_suffix = | native_name = | native_name_lang = | image = Dr Harold Cummins.jpg | image_size = | image_upright = | alt = | caption = | birth_date = {{birth date |1893|05|28}} | birth_place = Markleville, Indiana | death_date = {{death date and age |1976|05|12 |1893|05|28}} | death_place = New Orleans, Louisiana | death_cause = | resting_place = | resting_place_coordinates = <!--{{coord|LAT|LONG|type:landmark|display=inline,title}}--> | other_names = | pronounce = | residence = | citizenship = | nationality = | fields = | workplaces = | patrons = | education = | alma_mater = {{ublist|University of Michigan|Tulane University}} | thesis_title = <!--(or | thesis1_title = and | thesis2_title = )--> | thesis_url = <!--(or | thesis1_url = and | thesis2_url = )--> | thesis_year = <!--(or | thesis1_year = and | thesis2_year = )--> | doctoral_advisor = <!--(or | doctoral_advisors = )--> | academic_advisors = | doctoral_students = | notable_students = | known_for = {{ublist|Dermatoglyphics|anatomy}} | awards = | author_abbrev_bot = | author_abbrev_zoo = | spouse = Elizabeth Van Buskirk | partner = <!--(or | partners = )--> | children = 3 | signature = <!--(filename only)--> | signature_alt = | website = <!--{{URL|www.example.com}}--> | footnotes = }} '''Harold Cummins''' (May 28, 1893 &ndash; May 12, 1976){{R|wwi_draft_card|wwii_draft_card|ssdi}} was an anatomist and dermatoglyphics specialist. He is considered to be the founder of dermatoglyphics.{{R|jmg_obit|pic_obit|tulane_conts|usouthal_widney}}

==Early life and education== A native of Markleville, Indiana,{{R|wwi_draft_card|wwii_draft_card}} Cummins attended the University of Michigan, receiving his BA in 1916.{{R|pic_obit}} While attending the University of Michigan, he was inducted into two academic honor societies: Sigma Xi and Phi Beta Kappa.{{R|pic_obit|mi_daily1|mi_daily2}} Cummins completed his PhD in anatomy at Tulane University in 1925.{{R|pic_obit|tulane_famous}}

==Career== In his multiple positions as an educator, Cummins taught over 5000 students.{{R|tma_jan1965}} Cummins worked at Vanderbilt University as a Histology instructor (1916-1917){{R|vu_reg_1915}} and as an assistant professor of Microscopic Anatomy from 1917 through 1919.{{R|vu_reg_1917|vu_reg_1918}} In 1919, Cummins joined the faculty at Tulane University where he remained for the rest of his educational career, nearly five decades, serving in a variety of positions.{{R|tma_jan1965}} His positions at Tulane University included: *Chairman of the Department of Anatomy (1933–1960){{R|tulane_famous|tulane_lib}} *Chairman of the Department of Microscopic Anatomy (1933–1945){{R|tulane_famous|tulane_lib}} *Assistant dean at Tulane University School of Medicine (1949-1964){{R|tma_jan1965|pic_obit}} *Chair of Tulane University School of Medicine admissions (1949-1964){{R|pic_obit}} *Professor emeritus of Anatomy (1964){{R|jmg_obit|pic_obit}}

Cummins also held positions at a number of journals and associated organizations including: *American Journal of Human Genetics editorial board (Advisory editorial committee) (1949-1955){{R|ajhg_1_1|ajhg_6_4|ajhg_7_1}} *Vice President of the American Society of Human Genetics (1955){{R|ajhg_6_4}} *38th President of the American Association of Anatomists (1961-1962){{R|aaa_panel60s|aaa_pp|pic_obit}}

In 1926, Cummins coined the term dermatoglyphics.{{R|aaa_panel20s}}

==Professional affiliations== *American Association of Physical Anthropologists{{R|pic_obit}} *International Association for Identification{{R|pic_obit}} *Society for Experimental Biology and Medicine{{R|pic_obit}} *American Association for the Advancement of Science{{R|pic_obit}} *Louisiana State Medical Society (honorary member){{R|pic_obit}}

==Selected publications== *{{cite journal |last1=Cummins |first1=Harold |title=The configurations of epidermal ridges in a human Acephalic monster |journal=The Anatomical Record |date=August 1923 |volume=26 |issue=1 |pages=1–13 |doi=10.1002/ar.1090260102|s2cid=84253902 }} *{{cite journal |last1=Cummins |first1=Harold |last2=Keith |first2=Harriet H. |last3=Midlo |first3=Charles |last4=Montgomery |first4=Robert B. |last5=Wilder |first5=Harris H. |last6=Wilder |first6=Inez Whipple |title=Revised methods of interpreting and formulating palmar dermatoglyphics |journal=American Journal of Physical Anthropology |date=January 1929 |volume=12 |issue=3 |pages=415–473 |doi=10.1002/ajpa.1330120303}} *{{cite journal |last1=Cummins |first1=Harold |title=A significant example of pedunculated postminimus |journal=The Anatomical Record |date=October 1934 |volume=60 |issue=3 |pages=273–277 |doi=10.1002/ar.1090600304|s2cid=85675360 }} *{{cite journal |last1=Cummins |first1=Harold |title=Dermatoglyphics in Eskimos from Point Barrow |journal=American Journal of Physical Anthropology |date=April 1935 |volume=20 |issue=1 |pages=13–17 |doi=10.1002/ajpa.1330200105}} *{{cite journal |last1=Cummins |first1=Harold |title=Finger prints correlated with handedness |journal=American Journal of Physical Anthropology |date=March 1940 |volume=26 |issue=1 |pages=151–166 |doi=10.1002/ajpa.1330260126}} *{{cite book|last1=Cummins|first1=Harold|last2=Midlo|first2=Charles|title=Finger Prints, Palms, and Soles: an Introduction to Dermatoglyphics|date=1976|publisher=Research Pub. Co.|location=South Berlin, Mass.|isbn=0486207781}} *{{cite journal |last1=Cummins |first1=Harold |title=Dermatoglyphics of Bushmen (South Africa) |journal=American Journal of Physical Anthropology |date=December 1955 |volume=13 |issue=4 |pages=699–709 |doi=10.1002/ajpa.1330130411|pmid=13292533 }}

==See also== *:Category:Taxa named by Harold Cummins

==References== <references>

<ref name="jmg_obit">{{cite journal|last1=Holt|first1=Sarah B|title=Harold Cummins (1894--1976).|journal=Journal of Medical Genetics|date=1 December 1976|volume=13|issue=6|pages=540|doi=10.1136/jmg.13.6.540|pmid=798032|pmc=1013492}}</ref>

<ref name="usouthal_widney">{{cite web|last1=Widney|first1=George M|title=Harold Cummins A Summary by George M. Widney|url=http://www.usouthal.edu/genetics/hcum.htm|website=Medical Genetics and Birth Defects at University of South Alabama|access-date=15 February 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120208000722/http://www.usouthal.edu/genetics/hcum.htm|archive-date=8 February 2012}}</ref>

<ref name="tulane_conts">{{cite web|title=Tulane Contributions to Science and Medicine - Harold Cummins|url=http://www.tulane.edu/~matas/historical/medschool/doctors/cummins.htm|website=Tulane University|access-date=15 February 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081202073713/http://www.tulane.edu/~matas/historical/medschool/doctors/cummins.htm|archive-date=2 December 2008}}</ref>

<ref name="pic_obit">{{cite news|title=Dr. Cummins Rites Held|work=The Times-Picayune|date=14 May 1976|at=Section 1, p. 6}}</ref> <ref name="wwi_draft_card">{{cite web |title=WWI Draft Registration Card |url=http://www.footnotelibrary.com/image/552850225 |work=Fold3 |publisher=Ancestry.com |access-date=1 June 2018 |url-access=subscription }}{{Dead link|date=July 2024 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>

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<ref name="ssdi">{{cite web |title=Social Security Death Index |url=http://www.footnotelibrary.com/record/58983381 |work=Fold3 |publisher=Ancestry.com |access-date=1 June 2018 |url-access=subscription }}{{Dead link|date=July 2024 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>

<ref name="mi_daily1">{{cite news|title=46 Honored with Sigma Xi Choice|url=https://digital.bentley.umich.edu/midaily/mdp.39015071755685/979|access-date=2 March 2018|work=Michigan Daily Digital Archives|volume=26|issue=160|publisher=The Michigan Daily|date=18 May 1916|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180302192544/https://digital.bentley.umich.edu/midaily/mdp.39015071755685/979|archive-date=2 March 2018|page=1|language=en}}</ref>

<ref name="mi_daily2">{{cite news|title=Phi Beta Kappa Confers Honor on Literary Seniors|volume=26|url=https://digital.bentley.umich.edu/midaily/mdp.39015071755685/841|access-date=2 March 2018|work=Michigan Daily Digital Archives|issue=137|publisher=The Michigan Daily|date=21 April 1916|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180607182048/https://digital.bentley.umich.edu/midaily/mdp.39015071755685/841|archive-date=7 June 2018|page=1|language=en}}</ref>

<ref name="tulane_famous">{{cite web|title=Alumni Affairs - famousalumni|url=http://www2.tulane.edu/alumni/famousalumni.cfm|publisher=Tulane University|access-date=2 March 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170325180032/http://www2.tulane.edu/alumni/famousalumni.cfm|archive-date=25 March 2017|language=en|url-status=live}}</ref>

<ref name="tma_jan1965">{{citation|title=The Alumni Family|magazine=The Michigan Alumnus|date=January 1965|publisher=Alumni Association of the University of Michigan|url=https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015071120672;view=1up;seq=128|access-date=5 April 2018|language=en|volume=71|issue=4|page=122}}</ref>

<ref name="vu_reg_1915">{{cite web|title=Register of Vanderbilt University ... Announcement ...|url=http://discoverarchive.vanderbilt.edu/bitstream/handle/1803/7619/1916_color.pdf?sequence=1&isAllowed=y|publisher=Vanderbilt University|access-date=2 March 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180302191631/http://discoverarchive.vanderbilt.edu/bitstream/handle/1803/7619/1916_color.pdf?sequence=1&isAllowed=y|archive-date=2 March 2018|page=5|language=en|date=1916}}</ref>

<ref name="vu_reg_1917">{{cite web|title=Register of Vanderbilt University ... Announcement ...|url=http://discoverarchive.vanderbilt.edu/bitstream/handle/1803/7622/1918_color.pdf?sequence=1&isAllowed=y|publisher=Vanderbilt University|access-date=2 March 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180302191405/http://discoverarchive.vanderbilt.edu/bitstream/handle/1803/7622/1918_color.pdf?sequence=1&isAllowed=y|archive-date=2 March 2018|page=4|language=en|date=1918}}</ref>

<ref name="vu_reg_1918">{{cite web|title=Register of Vanderbilt University ... Announcement ...|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=fcDOAAAAMAAJ&dq=%22harold%20cummins%22%20vanderbilt%20anatomy&pg=PA13|publisher=Vanderbilt University|access-date=2 March 2018|page=13|language=en|date=1919}}</ref>

<ref name="tulane_lib">{{cite web|last1=Holt|first1=Mary|title=Research Guides: Tulane University's Contributions to Health Sciences research and education: A Guide: Dr. Harold Cummins|url=http://libguides.tulane.edu/famousalumni/HCummins|website=Tulane University Libraries|publisher=Tulane University|access-date=2 March 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170816205612/http://libguides.tulane.edu/famousalumni/HCummins|archive-date=16 August 2017|language=en}}</ref>

<ref name="ajhg_1_1">{{cite journal|title=Masthead|journal=American Journal of Human Genetics|date=September 1949|volume=1|issue=1|url=https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/issues/139060/|access-date=19 March 2018|language=en|pmc=1716290}}</ref>

<ref name="ajhg_6_4">{{cite journal|last1=Reed|first1=Sheldon C.|title=Report of the Secretary|journal=American Journal of Human Genetics|date=December 1954|volume=6|issue=4|page=466|url=https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/issues/139081/|access-date=19 March 2018|language=en|pmc=1716584}}</ref>

<ref name="ajhg_7_1">{{cite journal|title=Masthead|journal=American Journal of Human Genetics|date=March 1955|volume=7|issue=1|url=https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/issues/139080/|access-date=19 March 2018|language=en|pmc=1716554}}</ref>

<ref name="aaa_panel60s">{{cite web|title=Anatomy by the Decade (1960-1969)|url=https://www.anatomy.org/uploads/4/6/5/1/46517773/1960-1969-panel-hr.pdf|website=American Association of Anatomists|access-date=5 April 2018|archive-date=24 June 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160624012516/http://www.anatomy.org/uploads/4/6/5/1/46517773/1960-1969-panel-hr.pdf|url-status=dead}}</ref>

<ref name="aaa_pp">{{cite web|title=Past Presidents|url=https://www.anatomy.org/past-presidents.html|website=American Association of Anatomists|access-date=5 April 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170928193601/https://www.anatomy.org/past-presidents.html|archive-date=28 September 2017|language=en}}</ref>

<ref name="aaa_panel20s">{{cite web|title=Anatomy by the Decade (1920-1929)|url=https://www.anatomy.org/uploads/4/6/5/1/46517773/1920-1929-panel-hr.pdf|website=American Association of Anatomists|access-date=5 April 2018|archive-date=28 August 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170828235147/http://www.anatomy.org/uploads/4/6/5/1/46517773/1920-1929-panel-hr.pdf|url-status=dead}}</ref>

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