Robert James Mc Kay

Background

Kay, Robert James Mc was born on October 8, 1917 in New York City. Son of Robert James and Mary (Montgomery) McKay.

Education

Graduate, Lawrenceville (New Jersey) School, 1934; Bachelor of Arts, Princeton University, 1939; Doctor of Medicine Harvard University, 1943.

Career

Intern, Columbia-Presbyterian Medical Center, New York City, 1943; assistant resident, Columbia-Presbyterian Medical Center, 1947; chief resident, Childrens Hospital Medical Center, Boston, 1948; Milton fellow pharmacology, Harvard Medical School, 1949; assistant professor department pediatrics, U. Vermont College of Medicine, 1950-1952; associate professor, U. Vermont College of Medicine, 1952-1955; professor, U. Vermont College of Medicine, 1955-1987; professor emeritus, U. Vermont College of Medicine, since 1987; department chairman, U. Vermont College of Medicine, 1950-1983. Fulbright lecturer U. Groningen, Netherlands, 1960.

Achievements

• Robert James Mc Kay has been listed as a noteworthy Pediatrician, educator by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Served from First lieutenant to captain Medical Corps Army of the United States, 1944-1946. Member American Medical Association, American Academy Pediatrics (president 1971), Society for Pediatric Research, American Society Human Genetics, American Pediatric Society, New England Pediatric Society (president 1966), Canada Pediatric Society, Ambulatory Pediatric Association, Society Behavioral Pediatrics, Sigma Xi, Alpha Omega Alpha.

Connections

Married Elizabeth Stewardson Foote, May 30, 1943. Children: Robert James III, David Montgomery, Daniel Graham, Timothy Foote.

Father:

Robert James McKay

Mother:

Mary (Montgomery) McKay

Spouse:

Elizabeth Stewardson Foote

child:

Robert James III Kay

child:

Timothy Foote Kay

child:

David Montgomery Kay

child:

Daniel Graham Kay