Background
Barnett, Thomas Buchanan was born on May 27, 1919 in Lewisburg, Tennessee, United States. Son of William Lee and Erma (Halbert) Barnett.
Barnett, Thomas Buchanan was born on May 27, 1919 in Lewisburg, Tennessee, United States. Son of William Lee and Erma (Halbert) Barnett.
Bachelor, University Tennessee, 1944. Doctor of Medicine, University Rochester, 1949.
Instructor toxicology, U. Rochester (New York), 1945-1947;
instructor medicine, U. North Carolina, Chapel Hill, 1952-1954;
head division pulmonary medicine, U. North Carolina, Chapel Hill, 1954-1975;
assistant professor medicine, U. North Carolina, Chapel Hill, 1954-1958;
associate professor medicine, U. North Carolina, Chapel Hill, 1958-1964;
professor medicine, U. North Carolina, Chapel Hill, 1964-1990;
Bonner Distinguished professor, Bonner Foundation U. North Carolina, 1981-1990;
professor emeritus, Bonner Foundation U. North Carolina, since 1990. Attending physician, director pulmonary medicine North Carolina Memorial Hospital and Gravely Hospital, Chapel Hill, 1954-1975. Member U. North Carolina Faculty Council AgendaCom., Chapel Hill, 1972-1973.
Visiting scientist August Krogh Institute U. Copenhagen, Denmark, 1975-1976, 82-83. Chairman faculty committee advisor to Chancellor U. North Carolina, 1984.
Active member various organizations involved in conservation of natural resources, since 1985. Board directors Botanical Garden Foundation, North Carolina, 1988-1994, executive committee, 1991-1994. Fellow American College of Physicians.
Member American Physiological Society, American Clinical and Climatological Association, Southern Society for Clinical Investigation, American Thoracic Society, North Carolina Thoracic Society (Distinguished Service award 1989).
Married Anne Stone Daughtry, September 20, 1944. Children: William Buchanan, Richard Kirkpatrick, Susan Daughtry Barnett Norton.