Steven Sears Spencer

Background

Spencer, Steven Sears was born on August 27, 1929 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of Steven Murray and Mary Emma (Sears) Spencer.

Education

Bachelor, Swarthmore College, 1951; Doctor of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, 1955.

Career

Intern, University of Michigan, 1955-1956; fellow in internal medicine, Mayo Foundation and Mayo Clinic, 1959-1962; private practice, Flagstaff, Arizona, 1963-1970; associate professor, U. Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, 1970-1974; associate professor, U. Arizona, 1974-1979; clinical lecturer, U. Arizona, 1979-1994; clinical associate professor, U. New Mexico, 1986-1994; private consultant, Santa Fe, since 1994. Member consultant staff Albert Schweitzer Hospital, 1960. Member medical staff Flagstaff Cmty.

Hospital, 1963-1970, chief of staff, 1966-1967, chief of medicine, 1964-1967, 69-70. Member of staff Muhimbili Hospital, Dar es Salaam, 1970-1974,U. Hospital, Tucson, 1974-1979, Tucson Veterans Administration Hospital., 1974-1979, Sage Memorial Hospital, 1979-1985. Medical director Navajo Nation Health Foundation, Sage Memorial Hospital, Ganado, Arizona, 1979-1985, New Mexico Corrections Department, 1985-1993.

Consultant in field of prison and jail health care.

Achievements

• Steven Sears Spencer has been listed as a noteworthy Medical consultant by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Member Arizona Board Medical Examiners, 1979-1985, chairman, 1984-1985, Governor's Task Force on Human Immunodeficiency Virus/Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome, 1986-1993. Board directors St. Elizabeth Shelter for the Homeless, since 1991. Member New Mexico Committee to Stop Executions, since 1993, Certified Correctional Health Professional Board Trustees, since 1995.

Senior assistant surgeon United States Public Health Service,1956-1959. Fellow SCP; member APHA (member jail and prison health committee), American Correctional Health Superior vena cava syndrome Association (board directors 1991-1995, chairperson policy and Studies. committee), American Correctional Association, International Physicians for Prevention of Nuclear War, Society Correctional Physicians, Physicians for HumanRights (member international advising committee).

Interests

• Avocations: choral singing, fly fishing, skiing.

Connections

Married Joan Esther Price, June11, 1955. Children: Mary Elizabeth, Margaret Ruth, Sarah Price, Rebecca Louise.

Father:

Steven Murray Spencer

Mother:

Mary Emma (Sears) Spencer

Spouse:

Joan Esther Price

child:

Margaret Ruth Spencer

child:

Mary Elizabeth Spencer

child:

Rebecca Louise Spencer

child:

Sarah Price Spencer