Robert Anderson Aldrich

Background

Aldrich, Robert Anderson was born in 1917 in Evanston, Illinois, United States.

Education

Doctor of Medicine, Northwestern University, 1944.

Career

Intern, Evanston Hospital, 1943-1944; resident pediatrics, University of Minnesota Hospitals, 1946-1948; senior fellow pediatrics, University of Minnesota Hospitals, 1948-1949; instructor pediatrics, University of Minnesota Graduate School, 1951; associate staff, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota, 1949-1950; consultant pediatrics, Mayo Clinic, 1950-1998. Assistant professor pediatrics U. Oregon Medical School, 1951-1953, associate professor, 1953-1956. Professor pediatrics U. Washington, Seattle, 1956-1963, 64-70, department chairman, 1956-1962, head division human ecology department pediatrics, 1967-1970, director health resources study center, 1966-1970.

Vice president health affairs U. Colorado, Denver, 1970-1975, professor preventive medicine and comprehensive health care, professor pediatrics School Medicine, 1970-1981, emeritus, 1981-1998, professor.anthropology, 1978-1981, emeritus, 1981-1998. Clinical professor pediatrics U. Washington, 1980-1998. Affiliate professor of University Washington (Graduate School Public Affairs), 1982-1991, Seattle Kidsplace Project, 1991-1998.

Partner Health and Behavioral Systems Cons., 1982-1998. Regents lecturer University of California, Berkeley, 1986.

Achievements

• Robert Anderson Aldrich has been listed as a noteworthy physician by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Director National Institute Child Health and Human Development. Director National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, 1963-1964. Member President's Committee on Mental Retardation, 1966-1971, vice chairman, 1966-1971.

Chairman Governor's Council on Mental Health and Mental Retardation, 1968-1970. Board directors Family Services King County, since 1984. Member Seattle Commission on Children and Youth, 1987-1998.

Served to lieutenant (senior grade) Medical Corps United States Naval Reserve, 1944-1946. Member King County Medical Society, North Pacific Pediatric Society, Society Pediatric Research, American Academy Pediatrics, American Pediatrics Society, International Association Child Ecology (president 1982).

Connections

Married Marjorie Duttenhofer, 1940. Children: Robert Anderson, Stephen M., Frederick G.

Spouse:

Marjorie Duttenhofer

child:

Stephen M. Aldrich

child:

Robert Anderson Aldrich

child:

Frederick G. Aldrich