Richard Emery Palmer

Background

Palmer, Richard Emery was born on March 24, 1919 in Washington, District of Columbia, United States. Son of Maurice Emery and Mattie May (Mankin) Palmer.

Education

AB, George Washington University, 1941; Doctor of Medicine, George Washington University, 1944; DLH, University of Southern California, 1977.

Career

Intern, then senior resident pathology, George Washington University, 1945-1946, 48-49; teaching fellow, resident, Medical School, 1945-1946; associate professor clinical pathology, Medical School, 1963-1975; clinical professor, Medical School, 1975-1986; pathologist, Alexandria (Virginia) Hospital, 1949-1986; president medical staff, Alexandria (Virginia) Hospital, 1953; pathologist, Office Chief Medical Examiner Virginia, 1949-1986; pathologist, Circle Terrace Hospital Laboratory, Alexandria, 1955-1986; president medical staff, Circle Terrace Hospital Laboratory, Alexandria, 1958; board directors, Circle Terrace Hospital Laboratory, Alexandria, 1956-1975. Commissioner Joint Commission Accreditation Hospitals, 1967-1986, chairman, 1971-1972. Member special medical advisory group VA, 1975-1986.

Board directors Peoples Bank and TrustCo., Fairfax, Virginia.

Achievements

• Richard Emery Palmer has been listed as a noteworthy Pathologist by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Member national committee medical exploring Boy Scouts American, 1973-1979. Founder, coordinator Northern Virginia Medical Committee for Good Government, 1960-1986. Virginia delegate-at-large, member platform committee Republican National Convention, 1972.

Member of the Board of Governors Hospital Corporation American, St. Stephens School Boys, Alexandria, 1968-1974. Captain Army of the United States, 1946-1948. Member American Medical Association (county medical services 1969-1970, trustee 1970-1975, secretary board of trustees, secretary-treasurer association 1972-1986, president-elect 1975, president 1976), American College of Physicians, Alexandria Medical Society (president 1955), American Cancer Society (president Alexandria chapter 1958-1959), American Society Clinical Pathologists (president 1961-1962, Distinguished Svc. award 1974), Medical Society Virginia (president 1964, Community Svc. award 1976), George Washington University Medical Alumni Association (president 1965-1966, award 1975), Private Practitioners Pathology Foundation (president 1966-1967), College American Pathologists (Distinguished Svc. award 1974), International Academy Pathology (president 1974, president XI Congress 1976), American Association Blood Banks, American Society NuclearMedicine, Washington Golf and Country Club, George Washington University Club, Alpha Omega Alpha.

Connections

Married Mary Lou Nash, July 3, 1943. Children: Richard N., Deborah E., Maurice R., Mary E.

Father:

Maurice Emery Palmer

Mother:

Mattie May (Mankin) Palmer

Spouse:

Mary Lou Nash

child:

Richard N. Palmer

child:

Mary E. Palmer

child:

Deborah E. Palmer

child:

Maurice R. Palmer