Background

Spencer, Richard Paul was born on June 7, 1929 in New York City. Son of David E. and Frances (Fried) Spencer.

Education

AB, Dartmouth College, 1951. Doctor of Medicine, University Southern California, 1954. Master of Arts (National Science Foundation fellow, Helen Hay Whitney fellow), Harvard University, 1958.

Doctor of Philosophy, Harvard University, 1961.

Career

Intern Beth Israel Hospital, Boston, 1954-1955. Practice medicine specializing in nuclear medicine. Member faculty biophysics University Buffalo, 1961-1963.

Chief radioisotope service Veterans Administration Hospital, Buffalo, 1961-1963. Associate professor nuclear medicine Yale School Medicine, 1963-1968, professor, 1968-1974. Professor, chairman department nuclear medicine University Connecticut Health Center, 1974-1997, professor, vice chairman Department Diagnostic Imaging, 1997—2000, residency director nuclear medicine, since 2000.

Achievements

• Richard Paul Spencer has been listed as a noteworthy biochemist, physician, educator by Marquis Who's Who.

Works

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  • NUCLEAR MEDICINE Focus on Clinical Diagnosis
  • Nuclear medicine: Focus on clinical diagnosis
  • The intestinal tract : structure, function, and pathology in terms of the basic sciences.

Membership

Member American Physiological Society, American Association for the Advancement of Science, Society Nuclear Medicine, Biophysics Society.

Connections

Married Gwendolyn Enid Williams, April 7, 1956. Children: Carolyn Roberts, Jennifer Holt, Priscilla James.

Father:

David E. Spencer

Mother:

Frances (Fried) Spencer

Spouse:

Gwendolyn Enid Williams

child:

Carolyn Roberts Spencer

child:

Jennifer Holt Spencer

child:

Priscilla James Spencer