Donald Shelton Pierce

Background

Pierce, Donald Shelton was born on May 21, 1930 in Castine, Maine, United States. Son of Frederick Ernest and Jeannie (Emmet) Pierce.

Education

Bachelor of Arts cum laude, Harvard University, 1953,Doctor of Medicine, 1957.

Career

Intern, U. Hospital, Cleveland, 1957-1958, resident, 1958-1962. Research associate Biomechanics Laboratory, University of California, San Francisco, 1962-1964. Practice medicine specializing in orthopedic surgery, San Francisco, 1962-1964.

Instructor orthopedic surgery University of California Medical School, San Francisco, 1962-1964, Harvard Medical School, 1964-1966.

Clinical and research associate Justice of the Peace Kennedy Junior Memorial Hospital, Brighton, Massachusetts, 1964-1966. Clinical associate in orthopedics Harvard Medical School, 1966-1987, clinical assistant professor orthopaedic surgery, 1979-1987, clinical associate professor, 1987.

Chief department rehabilitation medicine Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, 1965-1972, associate orthopedic surgeon, 1969, visiting orthopedic surgeon, 1985. Lecturer department mechanic engineering Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1970-1972.

President, Wellesley (Massachusetts) Friendly Aid Association, 1965-1967, director, 1967-1970.

Director Family Service Counseling Region West, Wellesley, 1965-1967. Executive Committee, task force chairman, advisory board Massachusetts State Rehabilitation Planning Commission, 1966-1968.

Achievements

• Donald Shelton Pierce has been listed as a noteworthy orthopedic surgeon, educator by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Served with United States Air Force, 1951-1952. Fellow American College of Surgeons, American Academy Orthopedic Surgeons, Royal Society Health, Pan American Medical Association, Society International Chirurgerie, Ortopaedie et Traumatologie. Member Orthopedic Research Society, American OrthopaedicAssn., National Research Council (musculosbeletal committee), Cervical Spine Research Society (president 1986), Federation Spine Associations

(president 1987), North. East. Medical Association (president).

Connections

Married Janet Ten Broeck, December 29, 1956. Children: Donald Shelton, Stanton Ten Broeck, Frederick Ernest, Jennifer Emmet.

Father:

Frederick Ernest Pierce

Mother:

Jeannie (Emmet) Pierce

Spouse:

Janet Ten Broeck

child:

Frederick Ernest Pierce

child:

Donald Shelton Pierce

child:

Jennifer Emmet Pierce

child:

Stanton Ten Broeck Pierce