Background
Abernathy, Robert Shields was born on November 18, 1923 in Gastonia, North Carolina, United States. Son of Thomas Jackson and Emma Frances (Glenn) Abernathy.
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Robert Shields Abernathy
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Student, Davidson College, 1943. Student, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1944. Student, Yale University, 1944.
Bachelor of Science, Duke University, 1949. Doctor of Medicine, Duke University, 1949. Doctor of Philosophy, University Minnesota, 1957.
Career
Intern, University of Minnesota, 1949-1950;
fellow in medicine, University of Minnesota, 1950-1951, 53-54;
research fellow, University of Minnesota, 1954-1955;
instructor medicine, microbiology and laboratory medicine, University of Minnesota, 1955-1957;
assistant professor medicine and microbiology, U. Arkansas Medical Center, Little Rock, 1957-1960;
associate professor, U. Arkansas Medical Center, 1960-1966;
professor, U. Arkansas Medical Center, since 1966;
department chairman medicine, U. Arkansas Medical Center, 1967-1976;
director infectious diseases, U. Arkansas Medical Center, since 1976. Consultant Veterans Administration Hospital., Little Rock. Member regional advisory group Arkansas Regional Medical Program, since 1966.
Panel member National Research Council, 1966-1968. Member committee National Heartand Lung Institute, 1970-1972. Consultant United States Public Health Service, since 1966.
Achievements
Membership
Served with Medical Corps Army of the United States, 1943-1945, 51-53. Fellow American College of Physicians (governor since 1971). Member American Thoracic Society, Infectious Disease Society, Association professors Medicine, Sigma Xi, Alpha Omega Alpha.
Connections
Married Rosalind Gower Smith, April 2, 1949. Children— Robert S., David S., Susan G., Thomas G., Douglas L.
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Nationality
American