Robert Harrison Edwards

Background

Edwards, Robert Harrison was born on October 26, 1927 in Gorgas, Alabama, United States. Son of Ellis Hewett and Lida Scott (McCarty) Edwards.

Education

AB, U. North Carolina, 1949; Doctor of Medicine, Cornell Univercity, 1953; Doctor of Philosophy, University of Wisconsin, 1970.

Career

Intern, New York Hospital, 1953-1954; resident, Presbyterian-St. Lukes Hospital, Chicago, 1954-1959; commissioned as captain, United States Air Force, 1956; advanced through grades to colonel, United States Air Force, 1969; pathologist, deputy commander, Aeromed. Research Laboratory, Holloman Air Force Base, New Mexico, 1959-1963; postdoctoral fellow genetics Department, University Wisconsin, Madison, 1963-1967; pathologist Pediat. Hepatic Branch, Armed Forces Institute Pathology, Washington, 1967-1972; department chairman pathology, Keesler Air Force Base Hospital, Biloxi, Mississippi, 1972-1976; retired, United States Air Force, 1976; department chairman pathology, Children's Hospital and University Alabama Medical School, Birmingham, 1976-1978; pathologist, Eliza Coffee Memorial Hospital, Florence, Alabama, since 1978.

Clinical professor U. Alabama Medical School, Birmingham, since 1976.

Achievements

• Robert Harrison Edwards has been listed as a noteworthy Pathologist by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Fellow College American Pathologists (chairman United States Air Force division 1968-1972), American Society Clinical Pathologists, United States and Canada Academy Pathology, American Society Human Genetics. Member Sigma Xi.

Interests

• Avocations: bridge, traveling.

Connections

Married Harriett Pauline Carlson, February 7, 1959. Children: Robert Scott, John Fergus, Andrew Ellis.

Father:

Ellis Hewett Edwards

Mother:

Lida Scott (McCarty) Edwards

Spouse:

Harriett Pauline Carlson

child:

Andrew Ellis Edwards

child:

Robert Scott Edwards

child:

John Fergus Edwards