Background
White, Chester Wirt was born on August 11, 1919 in Lewiston, Maine, United States. Son of Chester W. and Gladys (Chadbourne) White.
White, Chester Wirt was born on August 11, 1919 in Lewiston, Maine, United States. Son of Chester W. and Gladys (Chadbourne) White.
Bachelor of Science, McGill University, 1941; Master of Arts in Pharmacology (United States Public Health Service fellow), Boston University, 1949; Doctor of Medicine magna cum laude, Boston University, 1951.
Various positions as musician and chemist, 1934-1948; instructor pharmacology, Boston University School Medicine, 1951-1955; intern, Newton-Wellesley Hospital, 1951-1952; active staff anesthesia, Newton-Wellesley Hospital, 1953-1961; consultant, Gillette Safety Razor Company, Boston, 1952-1955; resident, director anesthesia research, Boston City Hospital, 1955-1958; associate visiting anesthesiologist, Boston City Hospital, 1956; anesthesiologist-in-chief, Boston Lying-in Hospital, 1957-1961; consultant anesthesiologist, Peter Bent Brigham, Chelsea Naval, Robert Breck Brigham hospitals, 1957-1961; assistant professor anesthesiology, Harvard Medical School, 1961; professor, department chairman, Medical College Alabama and University Hospital Birmingham, 1961-1970; anesthesiologist-in-chief, U. Alabama Hospital and Clinics, 1961-1985; consultant, Birmingham Veterans Administration Hospital., 1961-1985; consultant, Birmingham Crippled Children's Hospital, 1962-1985; private practice in anesthesiology, Birmingham, 1961-1985.
Fellow American College Anesthesiology. Member American Medical Association, American Association for the Advancement of Science, American Society Anesthesiologists, American Society for Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics, Medical Assn.Ala., Alabama Society Anesthesia, Southern Medical Association.
Married Melba Fuller, October 16, 1948. Children: Ayson, Peter C.