Background
Bradford, Reagan Howard was born on December 19, 1932 in Lawton, Oklahoma, United States. Son of James Amos and Pauline (Teague) Bradford.
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Reagan Howard Bradford
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Student, Cameron State Agricultural College, 1949-1950; student, Oklahoma State University, 1950-1951; Bachelor of Science in Chemistry, U. Oklahoma, 1953; Master of Science in Chemistry, U. Oklahoma, 1954; Doctor of Philosophy in Chemistry, U. Oklahoma, 1957; Doctor of Medicine, U. Oklahoma, 1961.
Career
With, Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation, Oklahoma City, 1957-1981;
research fellow, then research associate, Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation, Oklahoma City, 1957-1960;
member cardiovascular section, Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation, Oklahoma City, 1960-1970;
head cardiovascular research program, Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation, Oklahoma City, 1971-1976;
executive vice president, Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation, Oklahoma City, 1976-1981;
director, Oklahoma Lipid Research Clinic Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation, Oklahoma City, since 1971;
intern, Veterans Administration Hospital., Oklahoma City, 1961-1962;
from research fellow to professor, U. Oklahoma College Medicine, Oklahoma City, 1957-1981;
associate professor research, U. Oklahoma College Medicine, Oklahoma City, 1972-1981;
professor medicine, U. Oklahoma College Medicine, Oklahoma City, 1969-1981. Vice president American Heart Association 1983-1985, chairman task force on reaffiliation 1978-1979, task force on research programs 1985-1988, member various committees. Chairman of the Board Oklahoma Affiliate Southern Regional Heart Committee 1973-1974, 1978-1979, member committees since 1967.
Chairman committees Lipid Research Clinics Group since 1975. Consultant National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute since 1976, special expert division heart and vascular diseases since 1987. Special assistant National Institute Arthritis, Diabetes, and Digestive and Kidney Disorders 1980-1981.
Member Oklahoma State Medical Research Commission 1973-1974. Member of advisory committee Clinical Research Center Oklahoma Children's Memorial Hospital. Member Executive Committee Oklahoma Health Sciences Foundation 1977-1979.
Member internal review committee Oklahoma Cancer Center 1976-1977, board institutional advisors 1977-1978.
Achievements
Membership
Trustee Oklahoma Baptist U., since 1986. Fellow Council on Arteriosclerosis American Heart Association (award of Merit 1981, Gold Heart award 1988), American College Physician Executives. Member American Medical Association (Physician's Recognition award 1981), American Federation Clinical Research, American Physiological Society, Center Society Clinical Research, International Arteriosclerosis Society, New York Academy Sciences, Oklahoma Cardiac Society, Oklahoma City Clinical Society, Oklahoma County Medical Society, Oklahoma State Medical Association, Society for Experimental Biology and Medicine, Rotary Club Oklahoma City (Paul Harris fellow), Oklahoma City Chamber of Commerce, Phi Beta Kappa, Sigma Xi, Alpha Omega Alpha, Phi Lambda Upsilon, Alpha Xi Sigma.
Connections
Married Conita Ann Hargraves, August 13, 1953. Children: Reagan Howard, James David.
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American
Awards
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Eli Lilly research fellow U. Oklahoma, 1953-1954, National Science Foundation fellow, 1954-1956, graduate fellow biology division Oak Ridge Institute Nuclear Studies, 1956-1957.Eli Lilly research fellow U. Oklahoma, 1953-1954, National Science Foundation fellow, 1954-1956, graduate fellow biology division Oak Ridge Institute Nuclear Studies, 1956-1957.