Roger Elliot Thies

Background

Thies, Roger Elliot was born on June 30, 1933 in Bronxville, New York, United States. Son of John and Lillian Beatrice (Drake) Thies.

Education

Bachelor of Science summa cum laude, Bates College, 1955; Master of Arts, Harvard University, 1957; Doctor of Philosophy, Rockefeller U., 1961; Master of Arts, U. Oklahoma, 1975.

Career

Instructor, Washington University School Medicine, St. Louis, 1961-1964; honorary research assistant, U. College London, 1964-1965; lecturer, Makerere U. College, Kampala, Uganda, 1965-1967; associate professor physiology, U. Oklahoma Health Science Center, Oklahoma City, since 1967; vice head department physiology, U. Oklahoma Health Science Center, since 1987. Adjunct Professor Union Graduate School, Cincinnati, 1971-1983. Visiting professor Autonomous U. Guadalajara, Mexico, since 1986.

Visiting lecturer Rolf Institute, Boulder, Colorado, since 1987. Visiting professor physiology Hunan Medical U., Changsha, Peoples Republic China, 1987-1988.

Achievements

• Roger Elliot Thies has been listed as a noteworthy Physiology educator by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Mayor Town of Hall Park, Oklahoma, 1981-1985. Member American Physiological Society, Society Neurosci. (president Oklahoma chapter 1983-1987), Oklahoma Society Physiologists (president 1991-1992), The Rolf Institute, Sooner O. Club (president 1991-1993).

Interests

• Avocations: gardening, travel, orienteering.

Connections

Married Nancy Wickens, September 7, 1957 (divorced January 1971). Children: John Eric, David Newcomb. Married Emily Katherine McEwen, October 5, 1984.

Children: Douglas Pressley, Laura Carolyn Pressley.

Father:

John Thies

Mother:

Lillian Beatrice (Drake) Thies

Spouse:

Emily Katherine McEwen

Spouse:

Nancy Wickens

child:

David Newcomb Thies

child:

John Eric Thies

child:

Douglas Pressley Thies

child:

Laura Carolyn Pressley Thies