Douglass Durston Fear

Background

Fear, Douglass Durston was born on November 18, 1913 in New York City. Son of James Wells and Alice Maude (Douglass) Fear.

Education

Bachelor, Hamilton College, 1935; Division of Medical Sciences, Johns Hopkins, 1939.

Career

Intern, Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore, 1939-1940; fellow, Duke Hospital & Medical School, Durham, North Carolina, 1940-1941; resident, Jefferson Hospital, Roanoke, Virginia, 1941-1943; United States Army surgeon service, 55th General Hospital, England., 1943-1945; United States Army surgeon service, Veteran's Hospital, Roanoke, Virginia, 1948-1955; staff community host, Roanoke Memorial Hospital, Roanoke, Virginia, since 1955.

Achievements

• Douglass Durston Fear has been listed as a noteworthy Surgeon by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Major Medical Corps, United States Army, 1943-1946, European Theatre of Operations. Fellow American College of Surgeons, International College Surgeons, College Abdominal Surgeons. Member Johns Hopkins Surgical Society, Virginia Surgical Society, Jefferson Club.

Interests

• Avocations: travel, gardening.

Connections

Married Janice Hackman, Aug.25, 1958. Children: Mary Alice, Catherine Douglass.

Father:

James Wells Fear

Mother:

Alice Maude (Douglass) Fear

Spouse:

Janice Hackman

child:

Mary Alice Fear

child:

Catherine Douglass Fear