Robert Alexander Buchanan

Background

Buchanan, Robert Alexander was born on September 8, 1932 in Detroit, Michigan, United States. Son of Alexander Duncan and Genevieve (Hodgson) Buchanan.

Education

Doctor of Medicine, University of Michigan, 1957.

Career

Intern, Philadelphia General Hospital, 1957-1958; resident in pediatrics, University of Michigan Medical Center, 1960-1962; private practice pediatric, Ann Arbor, Michigan, 1962-1966; assistant director clinical therapeutics, Parke-Davis & Company (name now Warner-Lambert Company), Ann Arbor, 1966-1968; associate director, Parke-Davis & Company (name now Warner-Lambert Company), Ann Arbor, 1968-1974; director clinical research, Parke-Davis & Company (name now Warner-Lambert Company), Ann Arbor, 1974-1983; vice president clinical research, Parke-Davis & Company (name now Warner-Lambert Company), Ann Arbor, 1983-1986; vice president medical research, Parke-Davis & Company (name now Warner-Lambert Company), Ann Arbor, 1986-1992. Clinical associate professor department pediatrics and infectious diseases University of Michigan Medical Center. Member courtesy staff St. Joseph Mercy Hospital, Ann Arbor.

Sr.examiner Federal Aviation Administration, Washtenaw County, Michigan. Director Guthrie Clinic Research Foundation, 1968-1979.

Achievements

• Robert Alexander Buchanan has been listed as a noteworthy pharmaceutical company executive, physician by Marquis Who's Who.

Works

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  • Antiviral agents and viral diseases of man

Membership

Executive council Wolverine council Boy Scouts American, since 1976. Committee member Young Life of Ann Arbor, 1982-1990. Elder 1st Presbyterian Church, since 1980, board ushers, since 1969.

Past president Bader School Parent Teacher Organization. Captain United States Air Force, 1958-1960. Fellow American Academy Pediatrics.

Member American Medical Association, American Therapeutic Society, American Epilepsy Society, Michigan State Medical Society, Washtenaw County Medical Society, Racquet Club, Barton Boat Club (commodore 1964-1965), Rotary (board directors 1985-1987), Alpha Omega Alpha.

Connections

Married Jeannine Duffell, January 6, 1962. Children: Lawrence, Elizabeth, Gregory.

Father:

Alexander Duncan Buchanan

Mother:

Genevieve (Hodgson) Buchanan

Spouse:

Jeannine Duffell

child:

Lawrence Buchanan

child:

Elizabeth Buchanan

child:

Gregory Buchanan