Background
Bird, Harry H. was born on April 7, 1933 in Melrose, Massachusetts, United States. Son of Harry H. and Edna (Ayscough) Bird.
physician state health commissioner
Bird, Harry H. was born on April 7, 1933 in Melrose, Massachusetts, United States. Son of Harry H. and Edna (Ayscough) Bird.
AB, Harvard University, 1954. Doctor of Medicine, Tufts University, 1958.
Intern, United States Naval Hospital, Portsmouth, Virginia, 1958-1959; resident, United States Naval Hospital, Chelsea, Massachusetts, Children's Hospital, Boston., 1959-1961; professor clinical anesthesiology, Dartmouth College, Hanover, N.H., 1964-1990; president Hitchcock Clinic, Dartmouth Medical Center, Hanover, 1983-1990; commissioner health, human services, State of N.H., Concord, since 1990. President American Board Anesthesiology, 1985.
Selectman Town of Hanover, 1982. Trustee University System of New Hampshire, since 1989. Commander United States Navy, 1957-1964.
Member American Society Anesthesiologists (president 1988).
Married Carolyn Danforth Stone, June 15, 1957. Children: Suzanne, Steven.