Background
DeGraff, Arthur Christian was born on June 18, 1929 in New York City. Son of Arthur Christian and Dorothy (Dodd) DeGraff.
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Arthur Christian DeGraff
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Bachelor, Wesleyan University, Middletown, Connecticut, 1951; Doctor of Medicine, New York University, 1955.
Career
Intern, Bellevue Hospital, New York City, 1955-1956;
resident, Bellevue Hospital, New York City, 1956-1957;
resident, Bronx V.A. Hospital, New York City, 1957-1958;
fellow, Tulane University, New Orleans, 1958-1959;
fellow cardio-pulmonary laboratory, University Texas Southwestern Medical School, Dallas, 1961-1962;
instructor in medicine, University Texas Southwestern Medical School, Dallas, 1961-1963;
assistant professor, University Texas Southwestern Medical School, Dallas, 1963-1965;
medical director pulmonary laboratory, Hartford (Connecticut) Hospital, since 1965;
private practice, Hartford, since 1967. Clinical assistant professor medicine Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut, since 1965. Assistant clinical professor U. Connecticut Health Center School Medicine, Farmington, 1976-1978, associate clinical professor, 1979-1989, clinical professor, since 1990.
Board directors Committee for Promotion Medical Research, president, since 1986.
Achievements
Membership
With United States Air Force, 1959-1961. Fellow American College Chest Physicians, American College of Physicians. Member American Physiological Society, American Thoracic Society, American Heart Association, American Federation for Clinical Research, Connecticut StateMed.
Society, Connecticut Thoracic Society (program committee 1985-1989, Executive Committee 1987-1989), Hartford County Medical Society, John C. Leonard Society (secretary-treasurer 1971-1972, president 1972-1973), Alpha Omega Alpha, Sigma Xi.
Connections
Married Sandra Ketelhut, June 30, 1956. Children: Arthur C. III, Betsy Dodd Sands.
