Background
Guyton, Arthur Clifton was born on September 8, 1919 in Oxford, Mississippi, United States. Son of Billy Sylvester and Mary Katherine (Smallwood) Guyton.
Guyton, Arthur Clifton was born on September 8, 1919 in Oxford, Mississippi, United States. Son of Billy Sylvester and Mary Katherine (Smallwood) Guyton.
Bachelor of Arts, Univercity Mississippi, 1939; Doctor of Medicine Harvard, 1943.
Intern, Massachusetts General Hospital, 1943;
assistant resident, Massachusetts General Hospital, 1946;
acting associate professor physiology, U. Tennessee Medical School, 1947;
associate professor pharmacology, U. Mississippi Medical School, Oxford, 1947-1948;
professor department chairman physiology and biophysics, U. Mississippi Medical School, Jackson, 1948-1989;
professor emeritus, U. Mississippi Medical School, Jackson, since 1989. Member cardiovascular research study section National Institutes of Health, 1954-1958, member physiology training committee, 1958-1964, chairman, 1961-1964. Member of advisory council National Heart and Lung Institute, 1971-1975.
Member physiology committee National Board Medical Examiners, 1960-1964, chairman, 1962-1964.
Served in medical research United States Navy, 1944-1946. Fellow American Association for the Advancement of Science, American College Cardiology (vice president 1965-1966). Member American Heart Association, Federation American Societies Experimental Biology (president 1975-1976), American Physiological Society (president 1974-1975), Mississippi Academy of Sciences (president 1963-1964), Southern Society for Clinical Research (president 1956-1957), Circulation Society (chairman 1970), Mississippi Heart Association (president 1955-1956), Russian Academy Natural Science (medal of merits 1998), Alpha Omega Alpha, Pi Kappa Pi, Sigma Alpha Epsilon, Tau Kappa Alpha, Alpha Kappa Kappa, Phi Eta Sigma, Alpha Epsilon Delta, Omicron Delta Kappa, Phi Beta Kappa.
Married Ruth Alice Weigle, June 12, 1943. Children— David Lee, Robert Allan, John Richard, Steven William, Catherine A., Jean M., Douglas, James, Thomas, Gregory Paul.