Background
Myers, Jack Duane was born on May 24, 1913 in New Brighton, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of Louis Albert and Esther Fern (McCabe) Myers.
Myers, Jack Duane was born on May 24, 1913 in New Brighton, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of Louis Albert and Esther Fern (McCabe) Myers.
AB, Stanford, 1933; Doctor of Medicine, Stanford, 1937.
Residency training medicine, Stanford University Hospitals, Peter Bent Brigham Hospital, Boston, 1937-1942;assistant professor medicine, Emory University, 1946-1947;from instructor to associate professor medicine, Duke, 1947-1955;professor medicine, department chairman, U. Pittsburgh, 1955-1970;university professor, U. Pittsburgh, 1970-1985;university professor emeritus, U. Pittsburgh, 1985-1998. Secretary-treasurer American Board Internal Medicine, 1964-1967, chairman, 1967-1970. Chairman.Nat. Board Medical Examiners, 1971-1975.
Chairman general medicine study section National Institute Arthritis and Metabolic Diseases, 1963-1965, research career program committee, 1966-1969, member of national advisory council, 1970-1974.
Served from captain to lieutenant colonel Medical Corps Army of the United States, 1942-1946. Member American College of Physicians (regent 1971-1978, president 1976-1977), Association American Physicians, American Physiological Society, American Society Clinical Investigation (secretary 1954-1957), Institute Medicine of National Academy of Sciences.
Married Jessica Helen Lewis, August 31, 1946. Children: Judith (deceased), John, Jessica, Elizabeth, Margaret.