Background
Prickett, David Clinton was born on November 26, 1918 in Fairmont, West Virginia, United States. Son of Clinton Everett and Mary Anna (Gottschalk) Prickett.
Prickett, David Clinton was born on November 26, 1918 in Fairmont, West Virginia, United States. Son of Clinton Everett and Mary Anna (Gottschalk) Prickett.
Student, Fairmont State College, 1940—1942. AB, West Virginia University, 1944. Doctor of Medicine, University Louisville, 1946.
Master in Public Health, University Pittsburgh, 1955.
President Prickett Chemical Company, 1938-1943. Accountant West Virginia Conservation Commission and Federal Works Agency, 1941, 42. Laboratory assistant, instructor chemistry West Virginia University, 1943.
Intern Louisville General Hospital, 1947. Surgical resident St. Joseph's Hospital, Parkersburg, West Virginia, 1948-1949. General practice, 1948-1950, 55-61.
Member staff Fairmont (West Virginia) General Hospital, 1955-1960, Fairmont Emergency Hospital, 1955-1960. Physician United States Air Force, New Mexico and California, 1961-1962, United States Army, Fort Ord, California, 1963-1964. Resident physician San Luis Obispo County Hospital, 1965-1966.
Private practice Los Angeles, since 1967. Member staff St. Francis Hospital, 1970-1971. Physician Southern California Edison Company, 1981-1984.
Physician Bethlehem Mines Corporation, Idamay, West Virginia, 1956. Resident physician Sedgwick County Hospital, Wichita, Kansas, 1964-1965. Medical director South Gate auto assembly plant General Motors, 1969-1971.
Staff physician City of Los Angeles, 1971-1976. Relief medical practice Appalachia summer seasons, West Virginia and Kentucky, 1977, 86, 88-97.
Senior counsellor, United States Commercial Travelers, Fairmont, West Virginia, 1939-1940. Medical officer United States Public Health Service, Navajo Indian Reservation, Tohatchi (New Mexico) Health Center, 1953-1955, surgeon, research officer, 1957-1959. President West Virginia Public Health Association, 1951-1952.
Secretary industrial public health section West Virginia Medical Association, 1956. West Virginia district 4 health officer. Health officer Marion County, West Virginia, 1951-1953.
District health officer Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, 1957. Officer Auxiliary Civil Defense Police, West Virginia, 1942. Medical advisor Boy Scouts American, West Virginia, 1956-1957, New Mexico, 1954.
Member Medical Rsv. Corps of Los Angeles, since 2005. Second lieutenant Army of the United States, 1943-1946. Fellow American Public Health Association.
Member American Medical Association, American Occupational Medical Association, American Academy Family Physicians, Western Occupational Medical Association, California Medical Association, Los Angeles County Medical Association, Sons of the Revolution, West Virginia, American Legion, Elks, Sierra Club California, Rio Hondo Symphony Guild, Phi Chi.
Married Mary Ellen Holt, June 29, 1940 (deceased February 1987). Children: David C., Rebecca Ellen, William Radcliffe, Mary Anne, James Thomas, Sara Elizabeth. Married Pamela S. Blackstone, November 17, 1991 (deceased March 2002).