Samuel C. Pickens

Background

Pickens, Samuel C. was born on March 12, 1927 in Nanking, China. Son of Claude Leon and Nellie Elizabeth (Zwemer) Pickens.

Education

Bachelor, Hope College, Holland, Michigan, 1950; Doctor of Medicine, Wayne State University, 1954.

Career

Missionary physician, Church of South India, Tamil Nadu, 1960-1973; associate medical director, Family Health Center, Barre, Massachusetts, 1973-1976; medical director, Family Health Center, Barre, Massachusetts, 1976-1991; associate medical director, Family Health Center, Barre, Massachusetts, 1991-1996; associate professor medicine, U. Massachusetts, Worcester, since 1973.

Achievements

• Samuel C. Pickens has been listed as a noteworthy Family physician, educator by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Member School Board, Barre, 1974-1979. President Rescue Squad Board, Barre, since 1985. Member vestry All Saints Church, Worcester, 1993-1996.

Member Parish Nurse Association, Worcester, 1997. With United States Navy, 1945-1946. Member American Medical Association, Massachusetts Academy Family Practice (Named Doctor of the Year 1996).

Connections

Married Florence Agnes Pickens, October 27, 1956. Children: Samuel, John, James, Richard.

Father:

Claude Leon Pickens

Mother:

Nellie Elizabeth (Zwemer) Pickens

Spouse:

Florence Agnes Pickens

child:

John Pickens

child:

Richard Pickens

child:

Samuel Pickens

child:

James Pickens