Background
King, Joseph Clement was born on August 20, 1922 in Colorado Springs, Colorado, United States. Son of Charles Clement and Gladys (Ascher) King.
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Joseph Clement King
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Bachelor of Science, Tulane University, 1944. Doctor of Medicine, Tulane University, 1946.
Career
Instructor zoology Tulane University, 1941—1942. Rotating intern Michael Reese Hospital, Chicago, 1946—1947. Resident in internal medicine, 1947—1950.
Associate Doctor Sidney Portis, Chicago, 1950—1951. Practice medicine specializing in internal medicine, 1953—1977, Palm Springs, 1977—1979, since 1989. Attending staff Louis A. Weiss Hospital, Chicago, 1953—1977.
Honorary staff, 1979—1990. Attending staff Desert Hospital, 1977—1979, 1989—1992. Medical director Life Extension Institute, Chicago, 1979—1980.
Director employee health services Continental Illinois National Bank, 1980—1987. Executive consultant health care management Coopers & Lybrand, 1987—1988. Assistant to associate clinical professor internal medicine Northwestern University Medical School, 1954—1967.
Clinical assistant professor medicine Abraham Lincoln School Medicine University Illinois, 1973—1977. Clinical assistant professor preventive medicine & community health Northwestern University Medical School, 1980—1988. Assistant professor preventive medicine Rush Medical College, 1986—1988.
Captain Medical Corps Army of the United States, 1944-1946, captain Medical Corps Army of the United States, 1951-1953.
Achievements
Membership
Fellow: American College of Physicians. Member: American Medical Association, Medical Directors Club Chicago (past president), Chicago Association Commerce & Industry (past member occupational medicine committee), Medic Alert (past member midwest advisory board), Tulane Medical Alumni Association (past director), Western States Association Occupational Medicine, American Cancer Society (past vice president Chicago unit), Association Bank Medical Directors, American Rheumatism Association, Chicago Heart Association (past board governors), American Heart Association, California Medical Association, Riverside County Medical Association, Illinois Medical Association, Chicago Medical Society, Chicago Society Internal Medicine, American College Occupational & Environmental Medical, Alpha Omega Alpha, Beta Mu, Phi Beta Kappa.
Connections
Married Margie Freudenthal Leopold, April 2, 1947. Children: Leopold Ascher, Jocelyn King Tobias.
