Background
King, Richard Ewart was born on May 6, 1921 in Chicago, Illinois, United States.
King, Richard Ewart was born on May 6, 1921 in Chicago, Illinois, United States.
Bachelor of Science, University Illinois, 1941. Doctor of Medicine, University Illinois, Chicago, 1944.
Intern Charity Hospital of Louisiana, New Orleans, 1945, resident in orthopedic surgery, 1948-1951. Fellow in orthopedic surgery Tulane University, 1947. Resident in orthopedic surgery Scottish Rite Hospital, Decatur, Georgia, 1951-1952.
Associate professor clinical orthopedic surgery Tulane University, New Orleans, since 1952. Director orthopedic residency education Georgia Baptist Hospital, Atlanta, since 1965. Professor clinical orthopedic surgery Emory University, since 1985.
Private practice, since 1953. Director juvenile amputee program Scottish Rite Hospital, Georgia.
Member American Orthopedic Association (secretary 1973-1978, vice president 1983), Southern Orthopedic Association, American Academy Orthopedic Surgeons, International Society Orthopedic Surgery and Traumatology.
Son of John William and Mildred (Allen) K. Married Lorraine K. King, March 28, 1945. Children: Susan, Richard.