Background
Eckhardt, Richard Dale was born on June 24, 1918 in DeKalb, Illinois, United States. Son of William George and Eva Luella (Alverson) Eckhardt.
Eckhardt, Richard Dale was born on June 24, 1918 in DeKalb, Illinois, United States. Son of William George and Eva Luella (Alverson) Eckhardt.
Bachelor of Arts, Univercity Illinois, 1940; Doctor of Medicine Harvard, 1943.
Intern, Boston City Hospital, 1944;
resident, Boston City Hospital, 1944-1946;
research fellow, Thorndike Memorial Laboratory, 1946-1949;
member of faculty, Harvard Medical School, 1944-1949;
member of faculty, University of Illinois College Medicine, 1957-1958;
member of faculty, U. Iowa College Medicine, 1949-1957, 58-80;
member of staff, Boston City Hospital, 1944-1949;
member of staff, Research and Ednl. Hospitals, Chicago, 1957-1958;
member of staff, University Hospitals, Iowa City, 1949-1957, 58-80;
member of staff, VA Hospitals, Chicago, 1957-1958;
member of staff, Iowa City, 1952-1957, 58-80;
assistant chief medical services VA Hospitals, U. Iowa College Medicine, 1952-1957;
chief, U. Iowa College Medicine, 1957-1968;
chief of staff, U. Iowa College Medicine, 1968-1980;
assistant dean, Veterans Administration Hospital. Affairs, 1968-1980;
now professor emeritus department internal medicine., Veterans Administration Hospital.
Affairs
Civilian director Hepatitis Survey Group United States Army Hospital, Kyoto, Japan, 1952.
Served from lieutenant (junior grade) to lieutenant Commander Medical Corps United States Naval Reserve, 1946, 53-55. Fellow American College of Physicians. Member American Federation for Clinical Research, American Association for Study Liver Disease, Central Society for Clinical Research, Central Clinical Research Club.
Married Catherine Shevchuk, August 4, 1946. Children: Dale Eva, Catherine Elena Eckhardt Bartholow, Jane Ellen Eckhardt McMullen, Barbara Annual.