Background
Boyden, Allen Marston was born on October 31, 1908 in Brookings, South Dakota, United States. Son of Frank Edson and Maude Eva (Hegeman) Boyden.
Boyden, Allen Marston was born on October 31, 1908 in Brookings, South Dakota, United States. Son of Frank Edson and Maude Eva (Hegeman) Boyden.
Bachelor of Arts, Univercity Oregon, 1929; Doctor of Medicine University of Michigan, 1932; Master of Science in Surgery, University of Michigan, 1936.
Surgical house officer, Massachusetts General Hospital, 1932-1934; instructor surgery, University of Michigan Medical School, 1934-1937; practice medicine specializing in surgery, Astoria, Oregon, 1937-1942; head department general surgery, Portland (Oregon) Clinic, 1948-1979; clinical instructor, U. Oregon Medical School, 1946; clinical associate surgery, U. Oregon Medical School, 1946-1951; assistant clinical professor surgery, U. Oregon Medical School, 1951-1954; associate clinical professor surgery, U. Oregon Medical School, 1954-1966; clinical professor surgery, U. Oregon Medical School, 1966-1986; clinical professor emeritus, U. Oregon Medical School, 1987-1993. Chief surgical service St. Vincent Hospital, 1955-1958, 68-70, chief staff, 1964 acting director surgery, 1983-1985, senior lecturer in surgery, 1979-1993. Member Executive Committee, trustee Oregon Physicians Service, 1954-1966, vice president, 1959.
Served from captain to major, Medical Corps United States Army, 1942-1945. Fellow American Medical Association, Australian Computer Society (governor 1948-1963, vice chairman board governors 1958-1959, Second vice president 1960-1961). Member American Surgical Association (Second vice president 1973-1974), Western Surgical Association (president 1976-1977), Pacific Coast Surgical Association (president 1973-1974), North Pacific Surgical Association, International Surgical Society, Portland Surgical Society (president 1958-1959), Frederick A. Coller Surgical Society (president 1955-1958), Oregon, Multonomah County medical societies, Portland Academy Medicine (president 1965), Society Surgery Alimentary Tract, Phi Beta Kappa, Alpha Omega Alpha, Phi Kappa Phi, Nu Sigma Nu, Kappa Sigma.
Clubs: Multnomah Athletic (Portland). Flyfishers of Oregon.
Married Margery French Davis, September 19, 1936. Children: Frank Davis, Allen Moore, Bradley Hunt.