Richard Owen Proctor

Background

Proctor, Richard Owen was born on November 18, 1935 in Austin, Texas, United States. Son of William Owen and Arlene Gertrude (Holdeman) Proctor.

Education

Bachelor, Oklahoma City U., 1957; Master of Science, Baylor University College Medicine, Houston, 1964; Doctor of Medicine, Baylor University College Medicine, Houston, 1964; Master in Public Health and TM, Tulane University, 1970; diploma, United States Army War College, 1983; postgraduate, Texas Agricultural and Mechanical U., Commerce.

Career

Commissioned captain, United States Army, 1964; advanced through grades to brigadier general, United States Army instructor, Imperial Ethiopian College Agricultural and Mechanical Arts, Alemaya, 1957-1959; deputy commander, United States Army Hospital, Kagnew Station, Ethiopia, 1967-1969; deputy commander, United States Army Medical Laboratory, Fort Sam Houston, Texas, 1973-1975; instructor, United States Army Academy Health Sciences, Fort Sam Houston, 1975-1977; surgeon, United States Army VII Corps, Moeringen, Federal Republic Germany, 1978-1981; professor, chairman, commandant of students, Uniformed Superior vena cava syndrome University of Health Sciences, Bethesda, Maryland., 1981-1982; commander, Raymond Bliss Army Community Hospital, Fort Huachuca, Arizona, 1983-1985; surgeon, United States Army Training and Doctrine Command, Fort Monroe, Virginia, 1985-1988; commanding general, William Beaumont Army Medical Center, El Paso, Texas, 1988-1991; director public health Region 6, Texas Department Health, Houston, 1991-1996; co-owner, rancher, Whispering Oaks, Texas, since 1985; instructor United States history, Texas Agricultural and Mechanical U., Commerce. Consultant World Health Organization/PAHO, Bolivia, 1971. Lecturer on medicine, anthropology, theology, history.

Past adjunct or clinical faculty positions Baylor University, TulaneU., University Texas.

Achievements

• Richard Owen Proctor has been listed as a noteworthy health administrator, army officer, historian by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Assistant scout master Boy Scouts American, Bowie, Maryland., 1971-1973. Scout committeeman Boy Scouts American, Moeringen, 1978-1981. Fellow American Academy Preventive Medicine, American Academy Pediatrics, Royal Society Medicine.

Member Association Military Surgeons of the United States, National Eagle Scout Association, Texas History Society.

Connections

Married Martha June Whitlock, November 19, 1955. Children: Tanya Marie, Sheilia Renee, Michael Lee, Terry Glen, Richard Lowell, Roger Owen.

Father:

William Owen Proctor

Mother:

Arlene Gertrude (Holdeman) Proctor

Spouse:

Martha June Whitlock

child:

Roger Owen Proctor

child:

Michael Lee Proctor

child:

Sheilia Renee Proctor

child:

Tanya Marie Proctor

child:

Richard Lowell Proctor

child:

Terry Glen Proctor