Background

Barker, Harold Grant was born on June 10, 1917 in Salt Lake City. Son of Frederick George and Elizabeth Jennetta (Stephens) Barker.

Education

Bachelor of Arts, Univercity Utah, 1939; postgraduate, U. Utah, 1939-1941; Doctor of Medicine, University Pennsylvania, 1943.

Career

International, Hospital University of Pennsylvania, 1943-1944; assistant resident in surgery, Hospital University of Pennsylvania, 1947-1951; senior resident in surgery, Hospital University of Pennsylvania, 1951-1952; assistant attending surgeon, Hospital University of Pennsylvania, 1952-1953; also assistant instructor, research fellow, University of Pennsylvania, 1946-1951; instructor, research fellow, University of Pennsylvania, 1951-1952; associate in surgery, University of Pennsylvania, 1952-1953; assistant professor surgery, Columbia University, 1953-1957; associate professor, Columbia University, 1957-1968; professor, Columbia University, 1968-1982; professor emeritus, Columbia University, since 1982. Assistant attending surgeon Presbyterian Hospital, 1953-1957, associate attending surgeon, 1957-1969, attending surgeon, 1969-1989, consultant surgeon, since 1989, dir.med. affairs, 1974-1982. Private practice, Philadelphia, 1952-1953, New York City, 1953-1988.

Achievements

• Harold Grant Barker has been listed as a noteworthy Surgeon, educator by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Served from First lieutenant to captain, Medical Corps Army of the United States, 1944-1946, European Theatre of Operations. Fellow American College of Surgeons. Member Society U. Surgeons, New York Surgical Society, American Physiological Society, Society Experimental Biology and Medicine, American Medical Association, Halsted Society, New York State (chairman surgical section 1961-1962), New York County medical societies, American Surgical assosiation, New York Gastroenterological Association, Société Internationale de Chirurgie, Society Surgery Alimentary Tract, Allen O. Whipple Surgical Society, American Association History Medicine, Collegium Internationale Chirurgiae Digestivae, CenturyAssn., Manursing Island Club, American Yacht Club.

Connections

Married Kathleen Butler, July 29, 1949. Children: Janet Stephens, Douglas Reid.

Father:

Frederick George Barker

Mother:

Elizabeth Jennetta (Stephens) Barker

Spouse:

Kathleen Butler

child:

Douglas Reid Barker

child:

Janet Stephens Barker