Arthur Bleakley Chandler

Background

Chandler, Arthur Bleakley was born on September 11, 1926 in Augusta, Georgia, United States. Son of Clemmons Quillian and Mary Isabella (Bleakley) Chandler.

Education

Student, University Georgia, 1943-1944; Doctor of Medicine Medical College Georgia, Augusta, 1948.

Career

Intern, Baylor University Hospital, Dallas, 1948-1949; resident in pathology, National Institutes of Health trainee in cancer department pathology, Medical College Georgia, 1950-1951; assistant in pathology, Medical College Georgia, 1949-1950; member of faculty, Medical College Georgia, since 1949; professor pathology, Medical College Georgia, since 1962; department chairman, Medical College Georgia, since 1975. Member committees National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute, 1969-1993.

Achievements

• Arthur Bleakley Chandler has been listed as a noteworthy Pathologist, educator by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Trustee Young Mens library association Fund, 1962-1972, Historic Augusta, Inc., 1966-1969. Trustee Augusta-Richmond County Museum, 1965-1987, Dan Printup Memorial Trust, since 1985, trustee Academy Richmond County, since 1984. Servedas officer Medical Corps Army of the United States, 1951-1953.

Member American Medical Association, International Academy Pathology, International Society Thrombosis and Haemostasis,;American Association History Medicine, College American Pathologists, American Association Pathologists, American Society Hematology, American Heart Association (fellow county arteriosclerosis, chairman county on thrombosis 1979-1980, Chairman of Commission on coronary lesions and myocardial infarctions 1980-1982), Georgia Association Pathologists (president 1984-1985), Georgia Heart Association, Medical Association Georgia, Richmond County Medical Society (trustee since 1984, secretary 1987, vice president 1988), School Medicine Alumni Association Medical College Georgia (president 1996-1997), Alpha Omega Alpha.

Connections

Married Jane Stoughton Downing, September 2, 1953. Children— Arthur Bleakley, John Downing.

Father:

Clemmons Quillian Chandler

Mother:

Mary Isabella (Bleakley) Chandler

Spouse:

Jane Stoughton Downing