Roger Keith Larson

Background

Larson, Roger Keith was born on April 27, 1924 in Cadillac, Michigan, United States. Son of William E. and Ethel Lydia (Rose) Larson.

Education

Bachelor of Science, Wheaton College, 1944. Doctor of Medicine, University Illinois, Chicago, 1947.

Career

Intern Cook County Hospital, Chicago, 1947—1949. Resident Kern General Hospital, 1949—1952. Private practice, 1957—1961.

Chief of medicine University Medical Center, Fresno, California, 1961—1990. Director HRSA and National Institute of Mental Health Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome Professional Education and Trng. Grant, California, Oregon, Nevada, Arizona, 1990—1993.

Instructor University of California at Los Angeles School Medicine, 1955—1976. Clinical professor University California, San Francisco, 1976—1993, professor emeritus, since 1993. Captain United States Army, 1952-1954, Korea, Japan.

Achievements

• Roger Keith Larson has been listed as a notable physician, writer by Marquis Who's Who.

Interests

• Music, history.

Connections

Married Frances Ann Appel, July 1, 1949. Children: Ronald Allen, John William, Joan Elizabeth, Sharon Ruth.

Father:

William E. Larson

Mother:

Ethel Lydia (Rose) Larson

Spouse:

Frances Ann Appel

child:

Sharon Ruth Larson

child:

Ronald Allen Larson

child:

Joan Elizabeth Larson

child:

John William Larson