Monte Arnold Greer

Background

Greer, Monte Arnold was born on October 26, 1922 in Portland, Oregon, United States. Son of William Wallace and Rose (Rasmussen) Greer.

Education

Student, Oregon State University, 1940-1943; AB, Stanford University, 1944; Doctor of Medicine, Stanford University, 1947.

Career

Intern, San Francisco General Hospital, 1946-1947; research fellow endocrinology, New England Medical Center, Boston, 1947-1949; resident internal medicine, Massachusetts Memorial Hospital, Boston, 1949-1950; research associate in endocrinology, New England Medical Center Hospital, 1950-1951; senior investigator, senior assistant surgeon, United States Public Health Service, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland., 1951-1955; chief radioisotope unit, District of Columbia General Hospital, Washington, 1951-1955; clinical assistant professor medicine, University of California at Los Angeles, 1955-1956; chief radioisotope service, Veterans Administration Hospital., Long Beach, California, 1955-1956; head division endocrinology, Oregon Health Sciences U. (formerly U. Oregon Medical School), Portland, 1956-1980; associate professor, Oregon Health Sciences U. (formerly U. Oregon Medical School), Portland, 1956-1962; professor medicine, Oregon Health Sciences U. (formerly U. Oregon Medical School), Portland, since 1962; professor physiology, Oregon Health Sciences U. (formerly U. Oregon Medical School), Portland, since 1992; head division endocrinology, metabolism and clinical nutrition, Oregon Health Sciences U. (formerly U. Oregon Medical School), Portland, 1980-1984; head section endocrinology, Oregon Health Sciences U. (formerly U. Oregon Medical School), Portland, 1984-1990.

Achievements

• Monte Arnold Greer has been listed as a noteworthy endocrinologist, educator by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Member Thyroid Task Force National Institutes of Health Committee for Evaluation of Endocrinology and Metabolic Diseases, 1977-1980, Endocrinology Study Section, National Institutes of Health, 1977-1980. Member American Association for the Advancement of Science, American Federation for Clinical Research (chairman Western section 1958-1959), Western Society for Clinical Research (vice president 1963-1964, president 1967-1968), Endocrine Society (member council 1965-1968, vice president 1976-1977), American Thyroid Association (vice president, director 1974-1977, president 1980, Distinguished Service award 1985), American Society Clinical Investigation, Society Experimental Biology and Medicine, Western Association Physicians (secretary-treasurer 1974-1977), Association American Physicians, International Brain Research Organization, International Society Neuroendocrinology, European Thyroid Association, Japan Endocrine Society (honorary), Czechoslovak Endocrine Society (honorary), Rotary, Sigma Chi.

Connections

Married Peggy Johnson, December 31, 1943. Children: Susan Elizabeth, Richard Arnold.

Father:

William Wallace Greer

Mother:

Rose (Rasmussen) Greer

Spouse:

Peggy Johnson

child:

Richard Arnold Greer

child:

Susan Elizabeth Greer