Background
Mountain, Clifton Fletcher was born on April 15, 1924 in Toledo. Son of Ira Fletcher and Mary (Stone) Mountain.
Mountain, Clifton Fletcher was born on April 15, 1924 in Toledo. Son of Ira Fletcher and Mary (Stone) Mountain.
AB, Harvard University, 1946. Doctor of Medicine, Boston University, 1954.
Director department statistical research Boston University, 1947—1950. Consultant research analyst Massachusetts Department Public Health, 1951—1953. Intern University Chicago Clinics, 1954, resident, 1955—1958, instructor surgery, 1958—1959.
Senior fellow thoracic surgery Houston, 1959. Member staff University Texas Anderson Cancer Center. Assistant professor thoracic surgery University Texas, 1960-1973, associate professor surgery, 1973-1976, professor, 1976-1994, professor emeritus, 1995-2007, professor surgery School Medicine, 1987-2007, chief section thoracic surgery, 1970-1979, chairman thoracic oncology, 1979-1984, chairman department thoracic surgery, 1980-1985, consultant department thoracic and cardiovascular surgery, 1996-2007, chairman program in biomathematics and computer science, 1962-1964, Mike Hogg visiting lecturer in S. American, 1967.
Professor surgery University California, San Diego, 1996-2007. President, chairman Mountain Foundation for Lung Cancer Research and Education, 1997-2007. Member science mission on cancer Union of the Soviet Socialist Republics, 1970-1978, and Japan, 1976-1984.
Committee health, research and education facilities Houston Community Council, 1964-1978. Consultant American Joint Committee on Cancer Staging and End Result Reporting, 1964-1974, Texas Heart Institute, 1994-1996. Member American Joint Committee on Cancer, 1974-1986, chairman lung and esophagus task force.
Working party on lung cancer and chairman committee on surgery National Clinical Trials Lung Cancer Study Group, National Institutes of Health, 1971-1976. Member plans and scope committee cancer therapy National Cancer Institute, 1972-1975, member lung cancer study group, 1977-1989, chairman steering committee, 1973-1975, member board science counselors division cancer treatment, 1972-1975. Honorary consultant Shanghai Chest Hospital and Lung Cancer Center, National Cancer Institute of Brazil.
Senior consultant Houston Thorax Institute, 1994-1996.
Chairman professional advising committee Harris County Mental Health Association. Board directors Harris County chapter American Cancer Society Lieutenant United States Naval Reserve, 1942-1946. Fellow American College of Surgeons, American College Chest Physicians (Chairman of Commission cancer 1967-1975), American Association Thoracic Surgery, Institute Environmental Sciences, New York Academy Science, Association Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgeons of Asia (honorary), Hellenic Cancer Society (honorary), Chilean Society Respiratory Diseases (honorary, honorary president 1982).
Member American Association for the Advancement of Science, American Association Carcer Research, American Medical Association, Southern Medical Association, American Thoracic Society, Society Thoracic Surgeons, Society biomedical Computing, American Fedn.Clin. Research, International Association Study Lung Cancer (president 1976-1978), American Radium Society, European Society Thoracic Surgeons, Pan-American Medical Association, Houston Surgical Society, Society Surgical Oncology, James Ewing Society, Sigma Xi.
Married Merel Ann Grey. Children: Karen Lockerby, Clifton Fletcher, Jeffrey Richardson.