David John Deas

Background

Deas, David John was born on December 8, 1929 in Canton, North Carolina, United States. Son of James Edward and Edith Louise (Fisher) Deas.

Education

Associate of Arts, Pfeiffer College, Misenheimer, North Carolina, 1950; Bachelor, Duke U., 1957; Doctor of Medicine, Duke U., 1961.

Career

Resident in psychiatry, Dorothea Dix Hospital, Raleigh, North Carolina, 1965; director, Gaston County Mental Health Clinic, Gastonia, North Carolina, 1965-1969; member medical staff, Gaston Memorial Hospital, Gastonia, North Carolina, since 1966; member medical staff, Kings Mountain (North Carolina) Hospital, since 1989.

Achievements

• David John Deas has been listed as a noteworthy Psychiatrist by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Corporal United States Air Force, 1950-1954. Member American Medical Association, North Carolina Medical Society, American Psychiatric Association, Gaston County Medical Society (past president), Gaston County Mental Health Association (president 1972), Rotary (Gastonia chapter).

Interests

• Avocations: photography, horticulture, horse breeding and training, classical music.

Connections

Married Katherine Ann Rogers, October 6, 1962. Children: David John, Cynthia McArthur.

Father:

James Edward Deas

Mother:

Edith Louise (Fisher) Deas

Spouse:

Katherine Ann Rogers

child:

David John Deas

child:

Cynthia McArthur Deas