Background
Beard, Rodney Rau was born on December 27, 1911 in Guinda, California, United States. Son of Aiton Holmes and Mathilda Anne (Rau) Beard.
Beard, Rodney Rau was born on December 27, 1911 in Guinda, California, United States. Son of Aiton Holmes and Mathilda Anne (Rau) Beard.
AB, Stanford University, 1932; Doctor of Medicine, Stanford University, 1938; Master in Public Health, Harvard University, 1940.
Intern, Gorgas Hospital, Canal Zone, 1937-1938;
assistant resident, Stanford University Hospitals, 1938-1939;
Rockefeller fellow in medical science, 1939-1940;
medical officer, Pacific-Alaska division Pan American Airways, 1940-1949;
instructor medical school, Stanford University, 1940-1942;
assistant professor, Stanford University, 1942-1945;
associate professor, Stanford University, 1945-1949;
professor, department chairman preventive medicine, Stanford University, 1949-1969;
professor family, community and preventive medicine, Stanford University, 1969-1977;
professor emeritus department health research and policy, Stanford University, since 1977. Director rehabilitation service Stanford University, 1955-1960. Medical consultant William Polk Fuller & Company, 1952-1960.
Clinical professor occupational health University of California, Berkeley, 1952-1964, lecturer, 1964-1972. Visiting professor U. Occupl. and Environmental Health School Medicine, Japan, 1980. Consultant surgeon general United States Army, 1941-1945, 54-75, United States Air Force, 1966-1969, California Department Public Health, 1952-1990, VA, 1954-1967, California Environmental Protection Agency, 1991-1996.
Visiting professor Clinica del Lavoro, U. Milan, 1960-1961.
Chairman health county San Francisco Community Chest, 1941-1944. Public health committee San San Francisco Chamber of C., 1951-1954, San Francisco Board Health, 1954-1959. Member of commission A. committee aviation medicine National Research Council, 1942-1945.
Member commn.environ. hygiene Armed Forces Epidemiological Board, 1954-1973, director, 1955-1966. Member of national advisory heart county National Institutes of Health, Department of Health, Education and Welfare, 1957-1961. Member of national advisory county National Institute Environmental Health Sciences, 1971-1974.
Member of national advisory county public health training United States Public Health Service, 1965-1969. Member hearing board San Francisco Bay Area Air Quality Management District, 1973-1989. Member technical advising committee California Air Resources Board, 1969-1972.
Member subcommittee on atherosclerosis of peripheral vascular disease study group Inter-Society Common for Heart Disease Resources, 1969-1976. Member joint residency review committee for preventive medicine American Medical Association-American Board Preventive Medicine, 1971-1976, chairman, 1972-1976. Member biometry and epidemiology contract review committee National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Department of Health, Education and Welfare, 1982-1985.
Fellow American College Preventive Medicine (vice president 1967), American Public Health Association, American Occupational Medicine Association (secretary Western section 1945-1946, president 1949), American Academy Occupational Medicine. Member American Medical Association (secretary section preventive medicine 1964-1969, chairman 1970-1972, member committee occupational toxicology 1969-1972), Internat Commision on Occupational Health (honorary), American Industrial Hygiene Association (director) 1956-1960), Association Teachers Preventive Medicine (president 1958-1959), American Heart Association, Society Occupational and Environmental Health, California Academy Medicine, American Civil Liberties Union, Airline Medical Dirs. Association (honorary), California Academy Preventive Medicine, Sigma Xi, Delta Omega.
Married Marion Lucile Harper, July 3, 1938. Children— Julie-Anne, Philip, Marian, Edin.