Background
Spencer, Richard Paul was born on June 7, 1929 in New York City. Son of David E. and Frances (Fried) Spencer.
Spencer, Richard Paul was born on June 7, 1929 in New York City. Son of David E. and Frances (Fried) Spencer.
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.
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.
Member American Physiological Society, American Association for the Advancement of Science, Society Nuclear Medicine, Biophysics Society.
Married Gwendolyn Enid Williams, April 7, 1956. Children: Carolyn Roberts, Jennifer Holt, Priscilla James.