Background
Bays, Robert Payne was born on March 19, 1921 in Woodland, Mississippi, United States. Son of Fred Barry and Sara Louise (Payne) Bays.
Bays, Robert Payne was born on March 19, 1921 in Woodland, Mississippi, United States. Son of Fred Barry and Sara Louise (Payne) Bays.
Bachelor of Science, Mississippi State College, 1942. Doctor of Medicine, Vanderbilt University, 1945.
Intern Gorgas Memorial Hospital, Ancon, Czech Republic, 1946—1947, resident, 1946—1947. Postdoctoral fellow, pathology Strong Memorial Hospital, Rochester, New York, 1948, postdoctoral fellow, hematology, 1948—1949, assistant resident, 1949—1950. Resident, internal medicine Scott and White Clinic, Temple, Texas, 1950.
Chief medical, services United States Medical Center, Springfield, Missouri, 1951—1953. Private practice, internal medicine Shreveport, Louisiana, 1953—1991. Board directors Drs. Hospital Inc., 1963—1967.
Vice chairman Louisiana State University Medical School, 1967, executive committee, 1967—1971, clinical associate professor, since 1967. Director Savings Life Insurance Company, 1974—1980, medical director, 1975—1980. With United States Army, 1942-1948, with United States Public Health Service, 1950-1953.
Served with United States Army, 1942-1945, 46-48. Member American Heart Association, American Institute Life Insurance Medical, Louisiana Society Internal Medicine (president 1958-1961).
Married Lilburn Catherine Sandoz, December 13, 1946. Children: Robert Payne, Bonnie Lee, Katherine Elizabeth.