Background
Barker, Harold Grant was born on June 10, 1917 in Salt Lake City. Son of Frederick George and Elizabeth Jennetta (Stephens) Barker.
Barker, Harold Grant was born on June 10, 1917 in Salt Lake City. Son of Frederick George and Elizabeth Jennetta (Stephens) Barker.
Bachelor of Arts, Univercity Utah, 1939; postgraduate, U. Utah, 1939-1941; Doctor of Medicine, University Pennsylvania, 1943.
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.
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.
Married Kathleen Butler, July 29, 1949. Children: Janet Stephens, Douglas Reid.