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Ring, Alice Ruth Bishop was born on October 11, 1931 in Fort Collins. Daughter of Ernest Otto and Mary Frances (Drohan) Bishop.
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Alice Ruth Bishop Ring, American physician. Board of directors Diabetes Association Atlanta, 1985-1990, medical advising committee, 1990-1994. Fellow American College Preventive Medicine (board directors 1990-1994); member APHA, American Medical Association (graduate medical education advising committee 1993-1997), Association Teachers Preventive Medicine, American Academy Pediatrics.
Education
Bachelor of Science, Colorado State University, 1953; Doctor of Medicine, U. Colorado, 1956; Master in Public Health, University of California, Berkeley, 1971.
Career
Physician consultant, Utah State Division Health, Salt Lake City, 1960-1965;
medical director, project head start, Salt Lake City Cmty. Action Program, 1965-1970;
resident, Utah State Division Health, 1969-1971;
assistant associate regional health director, United States Public Health Service, San Francisco, 1971-1975;
medical consultant, United States Public Health Service, Atlanta, 1975-1977;
director primary care, United States Public Health Service, Atlanta, 1977-1984;
director division diabetes control, Centers Disease Control, Atlanta, 1984-1988;
director, World Health Organization Collabor Center, Atlanta, 1986-1991;
director preventive medicine residency, Centers Disease Control, Atlanta, 1988-1993;
executive director, American Board Preventive Medicine, 1993-1998. Trustee American Board Preventive Medicine, 1990-1992 (diplomate).
Lecturer Emory University School Public Health, 1988-1994.
Achievements
Membership
Board of directors Diabetes Association Atlanta, 1985-1990, medical advising committee, 1990-1994. Fellow American College Preventive Medicine (board directors 1990-1994). Member APHA, American Medical Association (graduate medical education advising committee 1993-1997), Association Teachers Preventive Medicine, American Academy Pediatrics.
Connections
Married Wallace Harold Ring, July 26, 1956 (divorced 1969). Children: Rebecca, Eric, Mark. Married Robert Charles Diefenbach, September 10, 1977.
