Background
Roof, Betty Sams was born on April 13, 1926 in Columbia, South Carolina, United States. Son of Grover Melton Saunders and Lucinda Wood (Sams) Roof.
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Betty Sams Roof, American internist. award 1995), Western Society. Member Library Board, Mill Valley, California, 1965-1968; member Tamalpais Nursery School Board, Mill Valley, California, 1968. American Cancer Society trainee, 1953-1955; Member.Am. Association Cancer Research, American Diabetes Association (Woman of Valor award 1995), Western Society Clinical.
Education
Bachelor of Science, University of Southern California, Columbia, 1944. Doctor of Medicine, Duke University, 1949. Diplomate American Board Internal Medicine, American Board Endocrinology and Metabolism.
Volunteer visiting investigatorRockefeller Institute, New York City, 1949-1950.
Intern Presbyterian Hospital, New York City, 1950-1951, assistant resident, 1951-1953, assistant physician, 1953-1955. Attending physician Francis Delafield Hospital, New York City, 1954-1955.
Clinical and research fellow department medicine Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, 1955-1956, research fellow department pathology, 1957-1958. Research fellow Harvard University, 1955-1956.
Research associate department microbiology and pathology Rockefeller Institute, 1956-1957, 58-59.
Assistant research physician Cancer Research Institute University of California, San Francisco, 1962-1963, associate research physician, 1967-1971, lecturer medicine, 1971-1974, associate clinical professor, 1974. Associate professor medicine Medical University of Southern California, 1974-1980, professor, 1980, assistant dean, 1989.
Career
Research, Endocrine Society, International Endocrine Society, American Society for Bone and Mineral Research, Charleston Medical Society, American College of Physicians, American Federation Clinical Research, Southern Society Clinical Investigation, WaringLibrary Society, Society for Destitute Widows and Children of December Physicians, Pilot Club of Charleston (South Carolina.) (vice president, 1988-1989, president 1990-1991), Phi Beta Kappa, Alpha Omega Alpha.
Achievements
Membership
Member Library Board, Mill Valley, California, 1965-1968. Member Tamalpais Nursery School Board, Mill Valley, California, 1968. American Cancer Society trainee, 1953-1955.
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Association Cancer Research, American Diabetes Association (Woman of Valor award 1995), Western Society Clinical.
Connections
Married Herman Hugh Fudenberg (divorced). Children: Drew Douglas, Brooks Roberts, David Melton, Hugh Haskell.
