Kenneth Norman Beers Sr.

Background

Sr., Kenneth Norman Beers was born on March 31, 1930 in Treichlers, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of Wilbert Sterling and June Vivian (Hall) B.

Education

Bachelor of Science, Muhlenberg College, 1952; Doctor of Medicine, Jefferson Medical College, 1956; Master in Public Health, University of California, Berkeley, 1963.

Career

Intern rotating general, St. Luke's Hospital, Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, 1956-1957; resident in general family practice, St. Luke's Hospital, Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, 1957-1958; private practice, Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, 1958; commissioned captain, United States Air Force, 1958; advanced through grades to colonel, United States Air Force, 1971; flight surgeon, Elmendorf Air Force Base, Alaskan Air Command, 1959-1962; chief flight medicine, Elmendorf Air Force Base, Alaskan Air Command, 1961-1962; resident in aerospace medicine I, University of California, Berkeley, 1962-1963; resident in aerospace medicine II, United States Air Force School Aerospace Medicine, Brooks Air Force Base, Texas, 1963-1964; resident in aerospace medicine III, National Aeronautics and Space Administration Manned Spacecraft Center, Houston, 1964-1965; flight surgeon, National Aeronautics and Space Administration Manned Spacecraft Center, Houston, 1965-1969; commander dispensary, director base medical services, United States Air Force, Ubon Royal Thai Air Force Base, 1969-1970; associate professor family practice and community health School Medicine, Wright State University, Dayton, since 1978; associate director aerospace medicine residency, Wright State University, Dayton, 1986-1993. Senior aero medical examiner Federal Aviation Administration, Dayton, since 1980. Consultant in field; presenterInternat.

Aerospace Congress, 1987-1989.

Achievements

• Kenneth Norman Beers Senior has been listed as a noteworthy Medical educator by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

President, Alaska Prospectors Society, Anchorage, 1960-1962, Clayton Area Citizens Association, Ohio, 1974-1976. Member Regional Transportation Citizens Council, Dayton, since 1975, vice chair, 1992-1994. Fellow Aerospace Medical Association, American Academy Family Physicians, American College Preventive Medicine.

Member American Medical Association, Ohio State Medical Association, Academy Medicine Lima-Allen County, Montgomery County Medical Society.

Interests

• Avocations: travel, photography.

Connections

Married Cecil Mae Mutter, December 26, 1991.

Father:

Wilbert Sterling B.

Mother:

June Vivian (Hall) B.

Spouse:

Cecil Mae Mutter