Background
Lowe, Rolland Choy was born on September 29, 1932 in San Francisco, California, United States. Son of Laurence and Eva (Chan) Lowe.
Lowe, Rolland Choy was born on September 29, 1932 in San Francisco, California, United States. Son of Laurence and Eva (Chan) Lowe.
AB, University of California, Berkeley, 1952; Doctor of Medicine, University of California, San Francisco, 1955.
Intern, San Francisco General Hospital, 1956; resident in surgery, University of California, San Francisco, 1958-1963; associate clinical professor, University of California, San Francisco, 1964-1992; private practice, San Francisco, since 1992. Commissioner board medical examiners State of California, 1979-1980. Chairman of the Board ChineseHosp., 1984-1985, 91, vice chairman, 1979-1981, 83, 90, 92, chief of staff,1971, 73-74, chief of surgery, 1977-1978, board directors, 1979-1993.
Trustee San Francisco Foundation, Asian American Health Forum, member Executive Committee. Trustee United States-China Education Institute. Member Executive Committee San Francisco Comprehensive Health Planning Council, 1974-1976, board directors, 1972-1976.
Member board overseers University of California, San Francisco, 1990-1991. Chair Lawrence Choy LoweMeml. Fund, Foundation for Chinese Democracy.
Vice chair San Francisco 2000, 1990-1992. Chair Mayor's Citizen Advisory Committee on I-Hotel Block Development, 1980-1992. Civil service comr. City and County of San Francisco, 1979-1980.
Captain United States Army Reserve, 1956-1958. Member American College of Surgeons, Howard Naffziger Surgical Society, San Francisco Surgical Society, San Francisco Medical Society (treasurer 1979-1980, president-elect 1981, president 1982), California Medical Association (trustee 1987-1994, chairman of the board of trustees 1994-1995, president-elect 1996, president 1997).
Married Kathryn Lew, January 7, 1957. Children: Larry, Randall, Yvonne.