Background
Freeman, Richard Myron was born on August 19, 1933 in Merced, California, United States. Son of Myron Jay and Louise Irene (Devaurs) Freeman.
Freeman, Richard Myron was born on August 19, 1933 in Merced, California, United States. Son of Myron Jay and Louise Irene (Devaurs) Freeman.
Bachelor of Science, University Redlands, California, 1955; Doctor of Medicine Stanford University, 1959.
Resident in internal medicine, Stanford University Medical Center, 1959-1962; fellow in nephrology, North Carolina Memorial Hospital, Chapel Hill, 1962-1963; assistant director, staff physician hemodialysis unit, Veterans Administration Hospital., Iowa City, 1966-1968; assistant professor medicine and urology, director clinical nephrology, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, 1968-1969; professor medicine, director hemodialysis, associate chairman educational programs department internal medicine, U. Iowa, Iowa City, 1969-1986; professor medicine, University of California, San Francisco, since 1986. Member Iowa Renal Disease Advisory Committee, Des Moines, 1972-1976. Chief medical service VA Medical Center, Fresno, California, since 1986.
Served to captain Medical Corps, United States Army, 1964-1966. Fellow American College of Physicians (director), American College Nutrition. Member National Kidney Foundation (chairman national medical advisory board 1977-1978, vice president 1978-1980, president 1980-1982).
Married Barbara Griffith, Aug.31, 1957. Children— Richard Griffith, Amy, Catherine, Ann.
