Background
Soutter, Lamar was born on March 9, 1909 in Boston, Massachusetts, United States. Son of Robert and Helen E. (Whiteside) Soutter.
Soutter, Lamar was born on March 9, 1909 in Boston, Massachusetts, United States. Son of Robert and Helen E. (Whiteside) Soutter.
AB cum laude, Harvard University, 1931. Doctor of Medicine, Harvard University, 1935. Honorary Doctor of Science, University Massachusetts, 1975.
Intern general surgery Presbyterian Hospital, New York City, 1936-1938. Intern gynecology Free Hospital for Women, 1939-1940. Chief resident 1st surgical division Bellevue Hospital, 1938-1939.
1st assistant resident surgery Massachusetts General Hospital, 1940-1941, organized Blood Bank, 1942, director Blood Bank, 1942-1952. Professor surgery Boston University, 1959-1964. Dean Boston University (School Medicine), 1959-1961.
Dean, chancellor (Worcester campus). Professor surgery University Massachusetts, 1964-1975. Consultant to chancellor State University and Community College System of Tennessee, from 1976.
Acting dean East Tennessee College Medicine, 1980. Chief surgery New York-New England Area VA, 1961-1963. Area consultant thoracic surgery VA.
Chairman blood Massachusetts Civil Defense Agency, 1950-1953.
Board directors National Easter Seal Society, 1971-1978, president, 1975-1977. Trustee Faulkner Hospital, Boston, since 1975. Volunteer International Executive Service Corps, 1979.
Served to major Army of the United States, 1943-1945. Head surgical team European Theatre of Operations. American College of Surgeons fellow.
Member American Association Thoracic Surgery, American Medical Association, American Association of University Professors, Bostonian Society, Suffolk District Medical Society (president 1960-1963), Eastern Surgical Society, New England Surgical Society, Boston Surgical Society (executive council 1957-1961), Halsted Society, Massachusetts Medical Society (president 1970-1971), Massachusetts Easter Seal Society (president 1970-1971, 77-79), Sigma Xi, Alpha Omega Alpha. Clubs: Harvard (New York City). Somerset, Cohasset Yacht.
Married Norah Goldsmith, 1939 (divorced 1945). 1 son, Nicholas B.; married Mary C. Bigelow, 1946. Children: Elizabeth P., Sarah B.