Background
Couch, Rex Dee was born on July 7, 1930 in Fairmount, Indiana, United States. Son of James Alva and Velma Elizabeth (Briles) Couch.
Couch, Rex Dee was born on July 7, 1930 in Fairmount, Indiana, United States. Son of James Alva and Velma Elizabeth (Briles) Couch.
AB, Indiana U., 1952; Doctor of Medicine, Indiana U., Indianapolis, 1956.
Intern Upstate Medical Center, State University of New York, Syracuse, 1956-1957; resident instructor Medical Center, Indiana U., Indianapolis, 1957-1958, 60-62; chief of laboratory service, Fort Sill, Lawton, Oklahoma, 1958-1960; assistant to associate professor, College of Medical U. Vermont, Burlington, Vermont, 1962-1968; private practice, Christie-Couch Professional Association, Lancaster, N.H., 1968-1975; director of laboratory, G.N. Wilcox Memorial Hospital, Lihue, Hawaii., since 1975; also board directors, G.N. Wilcox Memorial Hospital, Lihue medical director, Kauai Medical Group, Lihue, 1989-1992; also board directors, Kauai Medical Group, Lihue. Board directors G.N. Wilcox Health Foundation.
Member and soloist Kauai Chorale, Lihue, since 1975. Board directors Hale Opio Children's Home, since 1975, Mayors Task Force Substance Abuse, 1984-1986, Kauai Community Players, 1975-1984. Captain Medical Corps, United States Army, 1958-1960.
Fellow American Society Clinical Pathologists (board directors 1970-1973, distinguished service award 1979), College American Pathologists, National Association Medical Examiners, American Academy Forensic Sciences. Mem Hawaii Society Pathologists (president 1981), Kauai200.
Married Patricia Alice Hynes, February 19, 1955. Children: Denis, Philip, Meredith, Patrick, Marie, Brian.
