Stephen H. Coats

Background

Coats, Stephen H. was born on November 26, 1939 in Gallipolis, Ohio, United States. Son of Robert Lee and Edna Maxine (Hayes) Gaskill.

Education

Student, Rio Grande College, 1959; student, University Denver, 1959-1961; student, Cincinnati College Mortuary Science, 1961-1962; Bachelor of Science in Biology, Miami University, 1964; Doctor of Osteopathy, Kirksville College Osteopathy, 1968.

Career

Intern, Doctor's Hospital, Columbus, Ohio., 1968-1969; resident, Flint (Michigan) Osteopathic Hospital, 1971-1975; private practice, West Plains, Missouri, since 1975. Medical director Ozarks Medical Center Trauma Center, West Plains, 1993-1995, member credentials committee, since 1991, department chairman surgery, 1978-1982.

Achievements

• Stephen H. Coats has been listed as a noteworthy General surgeon by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Board chairman Howell County Rural Fire Department, West Plains, 1982-1989. Eaglescout adult advisor, expedition leader Boy Scouts American, West Plains, since 1978. Chairman pastor-parish relations 1st United Methodist Church, West Plains, 1984-1986.

Captain United States Army, 1969-1971, Vietnam. Fellow American College Osteopathic Surgeons (ethics committee 1983-1990, chairman young surgeons committee 1982-1984). Member American Osteopathic Association, Missouri Association Osteopathic Physicians and Surgeons, South Control Ozarks Osteopathic Association (secretary-treasurer since 1976), West Plains Chamber of Commerce.

Interests

• Avocations: genealogy, farming.

Connections

Married Mary Elizabeth Conley, November 12, 1966. Children: Robert Sean, Lloyd Wayne, Laura Beth, Stephen Andrew, Douglas Scott, Walter Christopher.

Father:

Robert Lee Gaskill

Mother:

Edna Maxine (Hayes) Gaskill

Spouse:

Mary Elizabeth Conley

child:

Stephen Andrew Coats

child:

Walter Christopher Coats

child:

Douglas Scott Coats

child:

Laura Beth Coats

child:

Lloyd Wayne Coats

child:

Robert Sean Coats