Charles Aubrey LeMaistre

Background

LeMaistre, Charles Aubrey was born on February 10, 1924 in Lockhart, Alabama, United States. Son of John Wesley and Edith (McLeod) LeM.

Education

Bachelor, University Alabama, 1943. Doctor of Laws (honorary), University Alabama, 1971. Doctor of Medicine, Cornell University, 1947.

Doctor of Laws (honorary), Austin College, 1970. Doctor of Science (honorary), University Dallas, 1978. Doctor of Science (honorary), Southwestern University, 1981.

Doctor honoris causa, University Guadalajara, Mexico, 1989. Doctor in Humane Letters, Stillman College, 2010.

Career

Intern to resident in medicine New York Hospital, 1947-1949. Research fellow infectious diseases Cornell University Medical College, 1949-1951, member faculty, 1951-1954, assistant professor medicine, 1953-1954. Member faculty Emory University School Medicine, 1954-1959, professor preventive medicine, chairman department, 1957-1959.

Professor medicine University Texas Southwestern Medical School, 1959-1978, associate dean, 1965-1966. Vice chancellor health affairs University Texas Systems, Austin, 1966-1968, executive vice chancellor, 1968-1969, deputy chancellor, 1969-1970, chancellor, 1971-1978, professor medicine, 1978-1996. President M.D. Anderson Cancer Center University Texas, 1978—1996, internist, 1978—1996, professor department bev. science-prevention, since 2006.

Consultant epidemiology Communicable Disease Center, United States Public Health Service, 1953-1969. Consultant medicine VA, 1954-1959. Area medical consultant VA (Atlanta area), 1958-1959.

Visiting staff physician Grady Memorial Hospital, Atlanta, 1954-1959, Emory University Hospital, 1954-1959. Senior attending staff member Parkland Memorial Hospital, Dallas, 1959-1966. Medical director chest division Woodlawn Hospital, Dallas, 1959-1965.

Member Surgeon General's Advisory Committee Smoking and Health, 1963-1964, American Medical Association-Education Research Foundation committee research tobacco and health, 1964-1966. Chairman Governor Texas Committee Tuberculosis Eradication, 1963-1964. Consultant internal medicine Baylor University Medical Center, Dallas, 1962-1966, St. Paul Hospital, Dallas, 1966.

Consultant division hospital and medical facilities United States Public Health Service, 1966. Member New York City Task Force on Tuberculosis, 1967. Consultant Bureau Physician, Department of Health, 1967-1970.

Member graduate medical education national advisory committee Health Resources Administration, 1977-1980. Member Texas Legislature Department Health, Education and Welfare, 1967, Texas Legislature Committee on Organ Transplantation, 1968, Carnegie Commission on Non-Traditional Study, 1971-1973. Member board commissioners National Commission on Accrediting, 1973-1976.

Member joint task force on continuing competence in pharmacy American Pharmaceutical Association-American Association College in Pharmacy, 1973-1974. Member executive committee Legislation Task Force on Cancer in Texas, 1984-1986. Advisory board 6th World Conference on Smoking and Health.

Achievements

• Charles Aubrey LeMaistre has been listed as a noteworthy internist, epidemiologist, educator by Marquis Who's Who.

Works

• Other Work

  • Contributor articles to medical journals. Contributing author: A Textbook of Medicine, 10 and 11th edits, 1963, Pharmacology in Medicine, 1958. Translating author: The Tubercle Bacillus, 1955.
    
    Member editorial board American Review Respiratory Diseases, 1955-1958.

Membership

Member President's Commission White House Fellows, 1971. Chairman subcommittee on diversity and pluralism National Council on Educational Research, 1973-1975. Board directors Association Texas Colleges and Universities, 1974-1975.

Member development council United Negro College Fund, 1974-1978. Member national advisory council Institute for Services to Education, 1974-1978. Member executive committee Association American Universities, 1975-1977.

Member Project Health Opportunities for People Everywhere committee on Health Policy, 1977. Chairman steering committee Presbyterian Physicians for Foreign Missions, 1960-1962. Member Ministers Consultant Clinic, Dallas, 1960-1962.

Trustee Austin College, 1979-1983, Stillman College, 1978-1984. Board directors Georgia Tuberculosis Association, 1955-1959. Board directors Damon Runyon-Walter Winchell Cancer Fund, 1976-1985, chairman executive committee, vice president, 1978, president, 1979-1983.

Trustee Biological Humanics Foundation, Dallas, 1973-1982. Chairman health manpower committee Association American Universities, 1975-1978. Secretary Council Southern Universities, Inc., 1976-1978, president, 1977-1978.

Honorary life trustee Menninger Foundation. Host committee Houston Economic Summit, 1990. Member American Medical Association, (Distinguished Service award 1995), National Aeronautics and Space Administration, National Institutes of Health (chair joint advisory committee behavioral research 1992), American Thoracic Society (past vice president), Southern Thoracic Society (past president), National Tuberculosis Association, Texas Medical Association, Georgia Medical Association, Society Association Oncology (board directors), American Cancer Society (Texas board directors 1977-1989, medical and science committee 1974, chairman study committee on tobacco and cancer 1976, public education committee 1976-1987, chairman, member various national committees, vice president, president 1986, medical director-at-large 1977-1989, Ted C. Mars award 1998, medal of Honor 1998, Biennial Symposium Founders award 2006), Houston Chamber of Commerce C. (director 1979-1989), Philosophical Society Texas (president 1980-1981), Greater Houston Partnership (board directors 1989-1996), Alpha Omega Alpha.

Connections

Married Joyce Trapp, June 3, 1952 (deceased December 2003), Andreae Preyer Behlen, January 29, 2005. Children: Charles Frederick, William Sidney, Joyce Anne, Helen Jean. Married Andreae Preyer Behlen, January 29, 2005.

Father:

John Wesley LeM.

Mother:

Edith (McLeod) LeM.

Spouse:

Joyce Trapp

Spouse:

Andreae Preyer Behlen

child:

Joyce Anne LeMaistre

child:

Charles Frederick LeMaistre

child:

Helen Jean LeMaistre

child:

William Sidney LeMaistre