Background
Decker, John Laws was born on June 27, 1921 in Brooklyn. Son of John William and Margaret (Laws) Decker.
Decker, John Laws was born on June 27, 1921 in Brooklyn. Son of John William and Margaret (Laws) Decker.
Bachelor, University Richmond, 1942. Doctor of Medicine, Columbia University, 1951.
Intern, assistant resident, chief resident medicine, Presbyterian Hospital, New York City, 1951-1955; research fellow medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital, 1955-1958; instructor medicine, Columbia College Physicians and Surgeons, 1954-1955; tutor medical science, Harvard Medical School, 1957-1958; from instructor to associate professor medicine, U. Washington Medical School, 1958-1965; chief arthritis and rheumatism branch, National Institute Arthritis, Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland., 1965-1983; associate director clinical care, director Clinical Center, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland., 1983-1990; scientist emeritus, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland., since 1990.
Served to Lieutenant United States Naval Reserve, 1942-1946. Master American College of Physicians (Board of Governors 1982-1986), American College Rheumatology (president 1972-1973, gold medal 1989). Member Phi Beta Kappa, Alpha Omega Alpha, Omicron Delta Kappa, Phi Gamma Delta, Nu Sigma Nu.
Married Lucille Macbeth, November 13, 1954. Children: Virginia Elliott, David Laws, Margaret Cauthorn, Susan Curtis.
