Background
Ford, Richard was born on January 31, 1915 in Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States. Son of Jeremiah D.M. and Anna (Fearns) Ford.
Ford, Richard was born on January 31, 1915 in Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States. Son of Jeremiah D.M. and Anna (Fearns) Ford.
Bachelor of Arts, Harvard, 1936, Doctor of Medicine 1940.
Intern pathology Peter Bent Brigham Hospital, 1940-1941, consultant in pathology, since 1953. Intern surgery Boston City Hospital, 1941-1942. Research fellow legal medicine and pathology, medical school Harvard, 1945-1949, acting head department legal medicine, assistant professor legal medicine, 1949-1961, assistant clinical professor legal medicine, department chairman, 1961-1965.
Lecturer legal medicine Harvard, Yale, Tufts, and Boston universities medical schools.
Honorary lecturer forensic medicine U. Southern California School of Medicine, 1953. Rockefeller traveling fellow, 1953.
Pathologist to State Police, Commonwealth of Massachusetts, 1949-1965. Associate medical examiner Suffolk Company (Boston), 1946-1950, medical examiner, 1950-1970.
Consultant in pathology Peter Bent Brigham Hospital, 1953-1970.
Consultant in forensic pathology Massachusetts General Hospital, 1959-1970, Armed Forces Institute Pathological, 1959-1970, Federal Aviation Agency, 1960.
Served from First lieutenant to major Army of the United States, 1942-1945. Certified in Forensic Pathology by American Board Pathology. Fellow College American Pathologists.
Member of the American Medical Association, American Association Pathologists and Bacteriologists, American Academy Forensic Sciences, American Association Neuropathologists (associate).
Married Hope Cullinan, January 23, 1942. Children: Hope, Faith, Cathleen Charity, Lucy Annual.