Background
McChesney, John Allen was born on August 9, 1923 in Atlanta. Son of Wilbur Harvey and Katherine Elzie (Allen) McChesney.
McChesney, John Allen was born on August 9, 1923 in Atlanta. Son of Wilbur Harvey and Katherine Elzie (Allen) McChesney.
Student, St. Saint Louis University, 1944-1945; Doctor of Medicine, Washington University, St. Louis, 1949; certified, United States Air Force School Space Medicine, 1951.
Second in command Lieutenant, United States Air Force, 1950; advanced through grades to colonel, United States Air Force, 1966; retired, United States Air Force, 1968; resident in internal medicine, Stanford University Hospital, San Francisco, 1952-1955; director medical education, St. Luke's Hospital, San Francisco, 1968-1969; assistant professor medicine, University of Virginia School Medicine, Charlottesville, 1969-1973; from associate professor to professor medicine, University of California School Medicine, San Francisco, 1973-1987; professor emeritus, University of California School Medicine, San Francisco, 1992; attending physician, clinical instructor, Memorial Medical Center, Savannah, Georgia, since 1992. Lecturer for medical students Medical College Georgia, Savannah, since 1992.
Fellow American College of Physicians. Member California Medical Society, California Academy Medicine.
Married Margaret Burge, August 31, 1946. Children: William, Margaret, Mary, John.