Franklin Dalton Aldrich

Background

Aldrich, Franklin Dalton was born on January 25, 1929 in Detroit, Michigan, United States. Son of George Franklin and Ruth Markham (Dalton) Aldrich.

Education

Bachelor of Science, Michigan State University, 1950; Master of Arts, Oregon State University, 1953; Doctor of Philosophy, Oregon State University, 1954; Doctor of Medicine, Case Western Reserve U., 1962.

Career

Intern, U. Iowa Hospitals, Iowa City, 1962-1963; fellow in medicine, U. Colorado, Boulder, 1964-1965; resident and chief resident, Lemuel Shattuck Hospital, Boston, 1969-1971; physician, Colorado Department Public Health, Denver, 1966-1969; assistant medical director, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, 1971-1976; medical director, Climax (Colorado) Molybdenum Company, 1976-1977; health effects research manager, International Business Machines Corporation, Boulder, Colorado, 1977-1992; retired, International Business Machines Corporation, Boulder, Colorado, 1992; consultant, Boulder, since 1992. Member committee military environmental research National Academy Sciences, 1976-1980. Member toxicology advising committee United States Consumer Product Safety Committee, 1982-1985.

Clinical associate professor medicine U. Colorado Health Sciences Center, Denver.

Achievements

• Franklin Dalton Aldrich has been listed as a noteworthy Research physician by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Served with Army of the United States, 1954-1956. Fellow American College of Physicians (Mead Johnson resident scholar 1970), American Academy Clinical Toxicology (president 1980-1982).

Connections

Married Margaret Joan Pearson, March 22, 1952. Children: Allison Aldrich Cobb, Janet D., GeorgeP. Married Gertrude Suydam Melsom, March 24, 1984.

Father:

George Franklin Aldrich

Mother:

Ruth Markham (Dalton) Aldrich

Spouse:

Gertrude Suydam Melsom

Spouse:

Margaret Joan Pearson

child:

GeorgeP Aldrich

child:

Janet D. Aldrich

child:

Allison Aldrich Cobb Aldrich