Background
Carr, David Turner was born on March 12, 1914 in Richmond, Virginia, United States. Son of John Ernest and Mary Lela (King) Carr.
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David Turner Carr
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Student, University Richmond, 1931-1933; Doctor of Medicine Medical College Virginia, 1937; Master of Science in Medicine, Mayo Graduate School Medicine, 1947.
Career
Intern, then assistant resident, Grady Hospital, Atlanta, 1937-1939; resident chest diseases, Bellevue Hospital, New York City, 1940-1941; fellow medicine, Mayo Clinic, 1943-1947; consultant medicine, Mayo Clinic, 1947-1979; department chairman oncology, Mayo Clinic, 1975; director, Mayo Comprehensive Cancer Center, 1975; associate director, Center for Cancer Control, 1976-1979; professor medicine, Mayo Medical School, 1964-1979; professor medicine, M.D. Anderson Hospital and Tumor Institute, Texas Medical Center, Houston, 1979-1992.
Achievements
Membership
Member-at-large board directors American Lung Association, 1959—1974, vice president, 1971—1972. Board directors Rochester Civic Theatre, 1951—1970, president, 1965—1967. Board directors at large American Cancer Society, 1967—1974, president Minnesota division, 1974—1975, member american joint committee cancer, 1971—1979, chairman american joint committee cancer, 1979—1982.
Fellow: American Association for the Advancement of Science, American College of Physicians. Member: American Thoracic Society (vice president 1963-1964), International Association Study Lung Cancer 1974-1976, (president 1976, treasurer 1976-1982), Central Society Clinical Research, Peruvian Atni-Tuberculosis Association (honorary), Rochester Chamber of Commerce (president 1959-1960).
Connections
Married Rosemary Rudow, June 18, 1948 (divorced 1953). 1 child, Jennifer Anne Carr Oderkirk. Married Christine Nadeau, December 27, 1979.
