Background
Pearce, Richard Mills was born on March 3, 1874 in Montreal, Canada. Son of Richard Mills and Sarah (Smith) Pearce.
Pearce, Richard Mills was born on March 3, 1874 in Montreal, Canada. Son of Richard Mills and Sarah (Smith) Pearce.
Educated Boston Latin School. Doctor of Medicine Harvard, 1897. Special study at University of Leipzig, Germany, 1902, Doctor of Science, Lafayette College, Pennsylvania, 1915.
Instructor pathology, Harvard, 1899-1900. Demonstrator and later assistant professor pathology, University of Pennsylvania, 1900-1903. Director Bender Hygienic Laboratory, Albany, New York, 1903-1908.
Professor pathology and bacteriology, Albany Medical School, 1903-1908.
Director bureau of Pathology and Bacteriology, New York State Department of Health, 1903-1908. Professor pathology, University and Bellevue Hospital Medical College (New York University), 1908-1910.
Professor pathology, 1910-1911, professor research medicine, 1910-1920, University of Pennsylvania. General director Division of Medical Education, Rockefeller Foundation, since 1920.
Chairman medical division National Research Council 1918.
Major, Medical Corps United States of America, 1918. Author: Medical Research and Education, 1913. The Spleen and Anemia, 1917.
Home: New York, New New York
Married May Harper Musser, November 6, 1902. Children: Agnes M., John M. Resident pathologist, Boston City Hospital.