Robert Gordon Godfrey

Background

Godfrey, Robert Gordon was born on June 11, 1927 in Wichita, Kansas, United States. Son of Henry Robert and Pearl Madeline (Gaston) Godfrey.

Education

Bachelor of Arts, University Wichita, 1952; Doctor of Medicine, University Kansas, 1958.

Career

Intern, Boston City Hospital, 1958-1959; resident in internal medicine, Peter Bent Brigham Hospital, Boston, 1959-1960; resident in internal medicine, Colorado General Hospital, Denver, 1961-1963; assistant in medicine, Peter Bent and Robert Brigham Hospital-Harvard Medical School, 1959-1961; fellow in rheumatology, Robert B. Brigham Hospital, 1960-1961; fellow in rheumatology, U. Colorado, Denver, 1963-1964; instructor medicine, U. Kansas Medical Center, Kansas City, 1964-1965; staff physician, chief arthritis section, U. Kansas Medical Center, 1965-1975; retired, U. Kansas Medical Center, 1997; staff physician, senior rheumatologist, VA Medical Center, 1980-1984; chief rheumatology section, associate chief medical service ambulatory care, Leavenworth VA Medical Center, Kansas, 1984-1988; consultant rheumatology, Physicians Associated, Overland Park, Kansas, 1988-1993.

Achievements

• Robert Gordon Godfrey has been listed as a noteworthy Physician by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Served with Medical Corps, United States Army, 1945-1947. Fellow American College of Physicians, American College Rheumatology (founding fellow original American Rheumatism Association). Member American Society Clinical Rheumatology, Sigma Xi, Alpha Omega Alpha.

Connections

Married Margaret Scott Ingling, June 24, 1951. Children: Timothy, Katherine, Gwendolyn, Melissa.

Father:

Henry Robert Godfrey

Mother:

Pearl Madeline (Gaston) Godfrey

Spouse:

Margaret Scott Ingling

child:

Katherine Godfrey

child:

Melissa Godfrey

child:

Gwendolyn Godfrey

child:

Timothy Godfrey