Background
West, Irma Marie was born on December 31, 1917 in Hespeler, Ontario, Canada. Arrived in the United States, 1929. Daughter of Frances Albert Calvert and Vera Mary (Alderson) Calvert-Price.
West, Irma Marie was born on December 31, 1917 in Hespeler, Ontario, Canada. Arrived in the United States, 1929. Daughter of Frances Albert Calvert and Vera Mary (Alderson) Calvert-Price.
AB, Willamette University, 1940. Doctor of Medicine, Medical College Pennsylvania, 1947. Master in Public Health, University California, Berkeley, 1953.
Operator computer National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics (now National Aeronautics and Space Administration), Moffett Field, California, 1941—1943. Medical officer, consultant, chief occupational health State of California Department Public Health, Berkeley, 1951—1973, associate deputy director, chief occupational health branch, research section, 1974—1980. Retired, 1980
Chair traffic safety committee Alameda County Medical Association, Oakland, California, 1964-1973.
Chair committee on pesticides American Public Health Association, New York, 1963-1968.
Member Sacramento County History Society, since 1988, Old City Cemetery Committee, Sacramento, since 1988. Member American Association of University Women, American Medical Association, American Medical Women's Association (Comty. Svc. award, member Master of Laws branch, president Master of Laws branch 1991, 92, Pioneer Comty.
Svc. award Mother Lode branch), California Medical Association (editorial board Western Journal Medicine 1973-1980), Sacramento-El Dorado Medical Society (vice-chair history committee since 1982), Torch Club (past president).
Married Ernest James West, October 17, 1948 (divorced March 1953). 1 child, Michael David.