Background
Kern, Richard Arminius was born on February 20, 1891 in Columbia, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of George and Wilhelmine (Maurer) Kern.
Kern, Richard Arminius was born on February 20, 1891 in Columbia, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of George and Wilhelmine (Maurer) Kern.
Graduate School Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, 1934. Graduate School Medicine, University of Pennsylvania (Hospital.
Chief division general medicine Virginia 1946-1947. Consultant Surgeon General Army 1947-1982. Member Armed Forces Epidemiology Board 1956-1968.
Member Naval Research advising committee 1957-1969.
Consultant Surgeon General Navy 1949-1968. Consultant Armed Forces Institute Pathology 1962.
Member defense science board Department of Defense 1956-1964. Member of national health resources advising committee Office Emergency Preparedness member of national advising committee to Selective Service System 1969-1973.
Director, trustee Research Foundation National Association Mental Health 1962.
Chairman committee naval medical research, Division Medical Sciences, National Research Council 1951-1969. Master American College of Physicians (secretary general 1951-1955, president 1957-1958, regent 1958-1961). Member International Society Internal Medicine (president 1970-1973), Pennsylvania Medical Society (president 1964-1965), American Medical Association (chairman of the section military medicine 1952-1953), Society United States Medical Consultant
(president 1954), American Association Advancement of Science, Association American Physicians, Society for Clinical Investigation, American Clinical and Climatological Association, Association Study of Allergy (ex-president), Society Study of Asthma and Allied Conditions (ex-president), Association Military Surgeons (president 1960), Philadelphia Medico-Legal Institute, College Physicians Philadelphia (president 1952), American Academy Allergy, Sigma Xi, Alpha Omega Alpha, Phi Chi, Phi Gamma Delta.
Served as Lieutenant Medical Corps United States Navy, World War I. Member United Church of Christ. Clubs: Union League (Philadelphia).
Married Donna A. Couch, August 19, 1927 (divorced deceased. Married Ellen J. Hawkins, October 22, 1976. Children: Richard Bradford, Donna Natalie.