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Rich, Robert Elwood was born on April 26, 1920 in Newark. Son of Charles and Martha (Moore) Rich.
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Robert Elwood Rich
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Robert Elwood Rich, American surgeon. Diplomate American Board Surgery. Fellow: American College of Surgeons, Royal Society Health; member: American Medical Association, American Society Colon and Rectal Surgeons, Pan Pacific Surgical Association, Pan American Surgical Association, New Jersey Society Surgeons, Essex Fells Country Club, Practitioners of Newark Club, Phi Delta Theta, Phi Chi.
Education
Doctor of Medicine, Jefferson Medical College, 1944. Postgraduate, New York University Medical School, 1948—1949.
Career
Intern Newark City Hospital, 1944—1945, resident, 1949—1952. General practice medicine Newark, 1947—1948. Chief resident surgery Newark City Hospital, 1949—1952.
Private practice medicine specializing in surgery Newark, 1952—1963, Belleville, since 1963. President medical staff Clara Maass Memorial Hospital, 1970—1971, trustee, since 1973, director surgery, since 1974. Preceptor surgical anatomy College Medicine and Dentistry New Jersey, since 1974.
Served with MC United States Army, 1945-1947, with, 1953.
Achievements
Membership
Fellow: American College of Surgeons, Royal Society Health. Member: American Medical Association, American Society Colon and Rectal Surgeons, Pan Pacific Surgical Association, Pan American Surgical Association, New Jersey Society Surgeons, Essex Fells Country Club, Practitioners of Newark Club, Phi Delta Theta, Phi Chi.
Connections
Married Kathlene Pasco Rich, September 1, 1945. Children: Roberta Ellen Rich Hart, Barbara Jean Rich Danckwerth.
