Background
Dexter, Lewis was born on March 1, 1910 in Concord, Massachusetts, United States. Son of Smith Owen and Helen (Denison) Dexter.
Dexter, Lewis was born on March 1, 1910 in Concord, Massachusetts, United States. Son of Smith Owen and Helen (Denison) Dexter.
Bachelor, Harvard, 1932. Doctor of Medicine, Harvard, 1936. Doctor of Science (honorary), University Massachusetts Medical School, 1984.
Intern, Presbyterian Hospital, New York City, 1936-1938;
staff member, Peter Bent Brigham Hospital, 1941-1995;
physician, Peter Bent Brigham Hospital, 1952-1995. Faculty member Harvard Medical School, 1941-1995. Tutor medicine, 1948-1976.
Professor medicine Peter Bent Brigham Hospital, 1969-1976, professor emeritus hospital and medical school, 1976-1995. Professor emeritus U. Massachusetts School Medicine, 1980-1990.
Fellow American College of Physicians, American College Cardiology. Member American Society Clinical Investigation, Association American Physicians, American Heart Association, American Physiological Society, American Academy Arts and Sciences, American Clinical and Climatological Association, New York Academy of Sciences, Association University Cardiologists, British Cardiac Society (correspondent), Interurban Clinical Club. Honorary member Argentine, Mexican, Peruvian societies cardiology, Argentine Medical Association.
Married E. Cassandra Kinsman, December 12, 1941. Children— Lewis, Smith Owen, Cassandra Kinsman Short.