Background
Kyle, Robert Arthur was born on March 17, 1928 in Bottineau, North Dakota, United States. Son of Arthur Nichol and Mabel Caroline (Crandall) Kyle.
Kyle, Robert Arthur was born on March 17, 1928 in Bottineau, North Dakota, United States. Son of Arthur Nichol and Mabel Caroline (Crandall) Kyle.
Associate of Arts, N.D School Forestry, 1946; Bachelor of Science, U. North Dakota, 1948; Doctor of Medicine, Northwestern University, 1952; Master of Science, University of Minnesota, 1958.
Fellow, Mayo Graduate School, Rochester, Minnesota, 1953-1959;
clinical assistant, Tufts U. School Medicine, Boston, 1960-1961;
consultant internal medicine, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, since 1961;
professor medicine and laboratory medicine, Mayo Medical School, Rochester, since 1975. President medical subjects unit American Topical Association, Johnstown, Pennsylvania, 1976-1981. Chairman standards, ethics and peer review organization Cancer & Acute Leukemia Group B, Scarsdale, New York, 1978-1982.
Robert A. Hettig lecturer in hematology Baylor University College of Medicine, Houston, 1984. Waldenström lecturer, Stockholm, 1988. Redlich Memorial lectr Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, University of California, Los Angeles.
Chairman board of trustees First Presbyterian Church, Rochester, Minnesota, 1967. Chairman Rochester Medical Center Ministry, 1979-1986. Captain United States Air Force, 1955-1957.
Fellow American College of Physicians. Member of New York Academy Sciences, American Society Hematology, International Society Hematology (secretary-general Inter-American division 1990), American Association Cancer Research, International Myeloma Foundation (chairman scientific advisory board 1995), Phi Beta Kappa.
Married Charlene Mae Showalter, September 11, 1954. Children: John, Mary, Barbara, Jean.