Background
Vester, John William was born on June 5, 1924 in Cincinnati. Son of Walter Charles Vester and Cecile Gertrude McDevitt.
Vester, John William was born on June 5, 1924 in Cincinnati. Son of Walter Charles Vester and Cecile Gertrude McDevitt.
Student, Xavier University, 1941—1943. Doctor of Medicine, University Cincinnati, 1947.
Intern Cincinnati General Hospital, 1947—1948. Resident in internal medicine Medical College Hospital, Medical College Virginia, Richmond, 1948—1949, assistant resident in internal medicine, 1949—1950. Assistant in medicine Harvard Medical School, 1950—1951.
Chief resident physician medical outpatient department Peter Bent Brigham Hospital, Boston, 1950—1951, assistant resident in medicine, 1953—1954. Robert Porter fellow John Herr Musser department research medicine Hospital of University Pennsylvania, 1954—1956. Assistant professor medicine School Medicine, University Pittsburgh, 1956—1967.
From assistant professor to associate professor biochemistry and nutrition Graduate School Public Health, University Pittsburgh, 1956—1961. Assistant professor biochemistry School Medicine, University Pittsburgh, 1961—1967, associate professor medicine, 1967, University Cincinnati College Medicine, 1967—1971, professor medicine, 1971—1993, professor medicine and biochemistry emeritus, from 1993, professor clinical biochemistry, from 1974. Assistant dean CONMED/Area Health Education Council, University Cincinnati College Medicine, 1980—1985.
Visiting professor department internal medicine Uniformed Services University of Health Sciences, School Medicine, Bethesda, Maryland, from 1982. Chief radioisotope service Veterans Administration Hospital, Pittsburgh, 1961—1967, associate chief of staff for research, 1962—1967. Member Governor's Advisory Council on Alcoholism, Pennsylvania, 1966—1967.
Director clinical support laboratory Good Samaritan Hospital, Cincinnati, 1967—1992. Medical director Clermont County Jail, from 1995. 1st lieutenant United States Marine Corps, 1951-1953, colonel medical corps United States Army Reserve, 1981-1992.
Individual mobilization augmentee, chief/deputy chief department internal medicine Walter Reed Army Medical Center, Washington, 1981—1982. Consultant in internal medicine to Surgeon General United States Army Reserve, 1982—1985. Institute for Mathematics and its Applications consultant to assistant secretary of Army for Research and Development and Acquisition, 1985—1986.
Institute for Mathematics and its Applications consultant Office of Surgeon General United States Army, 1987—1992. Fellow: American College of Physicians, Royal Society Medicine, American College Cardiology. Member: American Medical Association, American Association for the Advancement of Science, Society Uniformed Endocrinologists, Society Medical Consultant to the Armed Forces: Military Order of the World Wars, Sigma Xi, Ohio State Medical Association, Endocrine Society, Cincinnati Society Internal Medicine, Association Military Surgeons of the United States, American Federation Clinical Research, American Diabetes Association, Alliance for Continuing Medical Education, Academy Medicine of Cincinnati, Alpha Omega Alpha (Beta chapter Ohio), Alpha Omega Alpha, Pi Kappa Epsilon.
Married Nancy Ash, June 8, 1955 (divorced October 9, 1959). Children: John Junior, S. Russell. Married Dorothy Joan Cline.
Children: John W. III, Linda Joan, Walter C. III.