Richard Blount Shepard

Background

Shepard, Richard Blount was born on May 9, 1926 in Birmingham, Alabama, United States.

Education

Bachelor of Science in Physics, Pennsylvania State University, 1949; Doctor of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, 1953.

Career

Intern, resident in surgery, University of Pennsylvania Hospital, Philadelphia, 1953-1959; instructor, research associate in physiology, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, 1954-1956; chief resident, Fitkin Hospital Hahnemann Medical College, Neptune, New Jersey, 1959-1960; from instructor to professor surgery, U. Alabama, Birmingham, 1960-1998; professor surgery, emeritus, U. Alabama, Birmingham, since 1998. Engineer Victoreen Instrument Company, Cleveland, 1946. Part-time engineer Haller, Raymond & Brown, State College, Pennsylvania, 1948.

Consultant for device implant manufacturers and electronics manufacturer, 1960-1997. Chairman USRA-National Aeronautics and Space Administration biomedical committee forstudies selection, shuttle orbital flight tests, 1981-1983.

Achievements

• Richard Blount Shepard has been listed as a noteworthy Surgeon, educator by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

With United States Army, 1943-1946. Fellow American College of Surgeons, American College Cardiology. Member Society Thoracic Surgeons, Society for Vascular Surgery.

Connections

M. Winyss Renee Acton, March 26, 1955. Children: Winyss Elizabeth, Richard Kesniel, Kathryn Bouchelle, Karen Acton.

child:

Winyss Elizabeth Shepard

child:

Karen Acton Shepard

child:

Richard Kesniel Shepard

child:

Kathryn Bouchelle Shepard