Background
Keefer, Chester Scott was born on May 3, 1897 in Altoona, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of John Henry and Gertrude (Scott) Keefer.
Keefer, Chester Scott was born on May 3, 1897 in Altoona, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of John Henry and Gertrude (Scott) Keefer.
Bachelor of Science, Bucknell University, 1918, Master of Science, 1922, honorary Doctor of Science, 1944. Doctor of Medicine Johns Hopkins University, 1922. Doctor of Science (honorary), Boston University, 1944, Bates College, 1962.
April 1967); 1 daughter, Ishbel McGill. Married second, Dorothy Campbell, March 27, 1971. Resident house officer, Johns Hopkins Hospital, 1922-1923, assistant resident physician, 1923-1926.
Assistant in medicine, Johns Hopkins University, 1923-1925, instructor in medicine, 1925-1926.
Resident physician, Billings Hospital, University Clinics, University of Chicago, 1926-1928. Associate professor of medicine, Peiping Union Medical College, China, 1928-1930.
Assistant professor of medicine, Harvard Medical School, 1930-1936, associate professor, 1936-1940. Associate physician, Thorndike Memorial Laboratory, Boston City Hospital, 1930-1940, consulting physician from 1940.
Junior visiting physician, Boston City Hospital from 1937.
Director 2d and 4th Medical Services (Harvard), Boston City Hospital, also chief 4th Medical Service, 1939-1940. Wade professor of medicine, Boston University School of Medicine, 1940-1964, Wade professor of medicine emeritus, 1964-1972. Director Robert Dawson Evans Memorial Hospital, 1940-1959.
Physician in chief Massachusetts Memorial Hospital, 1940-1959.
Director Boston University School Medicine, 1955-1959. Director Boston University-Massachusetts Memorial Hospitals Medical Center, 1959-1960.
Member board directors Merck &Company, Incorporated. Member Executive committee, division medical science National Research Council, Medical administrative officer Committee Medical Research O.S.R.D., 1944, 46, special assistant to Secretary of Health, Education & Welfare. Fellow American College of Physicians (president 1960.
Member American Society Clinic Investigation Association American Physicians, American Clinical and Climatological Association, American Medical Association, American Philadelphia Society, Interurban Clinical.
Club. Phi Beta Kappa, Phi Gamma Delta, Phi Chi, Alpha Omega Alpha. Republic; Clubs: Harvard, Saint Botolph (Boston).
Married Jean Balfour, August 11, 1928 (deceased. Married second, Dorothy Campbell, March 27, 1971.