Alan Kraft Pierce

Background

Pierce, Alan Kraft was born on September 3, 1931 in Houston, Texas, United States. Son of Fred Allan and Esther Beth (Schmidt) Pierce.

Education

Student, Rice U., 1948-1951; Doctor of Medicine Baylor University, 1955.

Career

Intern, University Hospitals of Cleveland, 1955-1956; resident, Parkland Memorial Hospital, Dallas, 1958-1961; practice medicine, specializing in pulmonary diseases, Dallas, 1962-1996; from instructor to professor, University Texas Southwestern Medical School, Dallas, 1963-1984; medical director, Aston Ambulatory Care Center, 1984-1987; medical director, Parkland Memorial Hospital, 1987-1996.

Achievements

• Alan Kraft Pierce has been listed as a noteworthy Physician, educator by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Served to captain United States Air Force, 1956-1958. Fellow American College of Physicians. Member American Thoracic Society (president 1972-1973), Texas Thoracic Society (president 1969-1970), American, Central, Southern societies for clinical research, Am.Assn.

Physicians.

Connections

Married Dorothy Louise Manes, December 23, 1958. Children— Katherine Neal, Alan Kent.

Father:

Fred Allan Pierce

Mother:

Esther Beth (Schmidt) Pierce

Spouse:

Dorothy Louise Manes