Bruce Frederick Chandler

Background

Chandler, Bruce Frederick was born on March 26, 1926 in Bohemia, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of Frederick Arthur and Minnie Flora (Burkhardt) Chandler.

Education

Student, Pennsylvania State University, 1942-1944; Doctor of Medicine, Temple University, 1948.

Career

Commissioned medical officer, United States Army, 1948; advanced through grades to colonel, United States Army, 1967; intern, Temple University Hospital, Philadelphia, 1948-1949; chief psychiatry, 7th Field Hospital, Trieste, Italy, 1950; resident, Walter Reed General Hospital, Washington, 1949-1953; battalion surgeon, 2d Division Artillery, Korea, 1953-1954; chief renal dialysis unit, 45th Evacuation Hospital and Tokyo Army Hospital, Korea, Japan, 1954-1955; various assignments, Walter Reed General Hospital, Fitzsimons General Hospital, Letterman General Hospital, 1955-1970; commanding officer, 45th Field Hospital, Vicenza, Italy, 1958-1962; private practice internist, Ridgecrest (California) Medical Clinic, 1970-1976; chief medical service and out-patients, VA Hospitals, Walla Walla, Spokane, Washington, 1976-1982; medical consultant, Social Security Administration, Spokane, Washington, 1983-1987; retired, 1987. Lecturer in field.

Achievements

• Bruce Frederick Chandler has been listed as a noteworthy Internist by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Fellow American College of Physicians, American College Chest Physicians. Member American Medical Association, American Thoracic Society, New York Academy Sciences, Southern European Task Force United States Army Medical Dental Society (president, founder 1958-1962).

Interests

• Avocations: photography, travel, fishing, collecting books (especially by Jules Verne and Agatha Christie).

Connections

Married Janice EvelynPiper, August 14, 1954. Children: Barbara, Betty, Karen, Paul, June.

Father:

Frederick Arthur Chandler

Mother:

Minnie Flora (Burkhardt) Chandler

Spouse:

Janice EvelynPiper

child:

Paul Chandler

child:

June Chandler

child:

Barbara Chandler

child:

Karen Chandler

child:

Betty Chandler