Raymond Lewis Tanner

Background

Tanner, Raymond Lewis was born on December 11, 1931 in Memphis, Tennessee, United States. Son of Arthur Thomas and Josephine (Pearce) Tanner.

Education

Bachelor of Science in Physical Science, Memphis State University, 1953. Master of Science in Physics, Vanderbilt University, 1955. Doctor of Philosophy in Medical Physics, University of California at Los Angeles, 1967.

Career

Instructor physics Memphis State University, 1955-1957, assistant professor, 1958-1962. Guest instructor radiology Harbor General Hospital, Torrance, California, 1963-1964. Member faculty department radiology College Medicine, University Tennessee, Memphis, since 1967, associate professor, 1967-1970, professor, since 1970, assistant dean Graduate School Medical Sciences, 1982-1985.

Consultant Veterans Administration Hospital, Memphis, Radiation Protection Consultant, Memphis. Examiner physics American Board Radiology, since 1971.

Achievements

• Raymond Lewis Tanner has been listed as a noteworthy medical educator by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Fellow American College Radiology (chairman commission physics 1982-1988, board chancellors 1982-1988). Member American Association Physicists in Medicine (president 1973-1974), Tennessee Academy of Sciences (president 1977), Health Physics Society (committee insurance 1970-1975), Radiological Society North America (chairman associate science committee 1974-1977, vice president 1980), Tennessee Radiological Society, American Association Physics Teachers (president Tennessee chapter 1973), Memphis Roentgen Society (president 1985), Sigma Xi.

Connections

Married Margaret Ann Foster, September 4, 1958. Children: John William, Paul Russell, Rebecca Lee.

Father:

Arthur Thomas Tanner

Mother:

Josephine (Pearce) Tanner

Spouse:

Margaret Ann Foster

child:

John William Tanner

child:

Rebecca Lee Tanner

child:

Paul Russell Tanner