Background
Metre, Thomas Earle Van was born on January 11, 1923 in Newport, Rhode Island, United States. Son of Thomas Earle and Anne Heap (Gleaves) Van Metre.
Metre, Thomas Earle Van was born on January 11, 1923 in Newport, Rhode Island, United States. Son of Thomas Earle and Anne Heap (Gleaves) Van Metre.
Bachelor of Science cum laude, Harvard University, 1943. Doctor of Medicine cum laude, Harvard Medical School, 1946.
Intern in internal medicine, Johns Hopkins Hospital, 1946-1947;
resident in internal medicine, Johns Hopkins Hospital, 1947-1948, 50;
resident in internal medicine, Johns Hopkins Hospital, 1951-1952;
American Cancer Society fellow virology and bacteriology, Johns Hopkins Hospital, 1952-1953;
physician diagnostic clinical, assistant physician allergy clinic, Johns Hopkins Hospital, 1954-1956;
physician, Johns Hopkins Hospital, 1956-1996;
physician OPD, allergy and infectious disease clinic, Johns Hopkins Hospital, 1956-1996;
pediatrician, Johns Hopkins Hospital, 1957-1966;
physician-in-charge allergy clinic, Johns Hopkins Hospital, 1966-1984;
private practice in internal medicine and allergy, Baltimore, 1954-1996. Assistant in medicine Johns Hopkins University Medical School, 1947-1948, 51-52, 54-56, part-time instructor in medicine 1953-1963, part time assistant professor medicine 1963-1970, part-time associate professor medicine, 1970-1994, part-time professor, since 1994. Attending physician Baltimore City Hospital (now Johns Hopkins BayviewMed.
Center), since 1954; active staff The Union Memorial Hospital, since 1959. Courtesy staff Church Home and Hospital, 1956-1966.
Fellow American College of Physicians, American Academy of Allergy and Immunology (president 1978-1979, executive committee 1973-1981, other committees, Distinguished Service award 1986, Distinguished Clinician award 1994), American Academy of Allergy. Member American Association for Certified Allergists (co-chairman allergen and immunotherapy committee 1973-1977), American Board of Internal Medicine, American Clinical and Climatological Association, American Federation for clinical Research, American Society of Internal Medicine, Asthma and Allergy Foundation of America (committees), Baltimore City Medical Society (committees), Joint Council of Allergy and Immunology (board directors 1975-1984, tres. 1976-1984), Maryland Blue Cross and Blue Shield, Maryland Foundation for Health Care, Maryland Society of Allergy (president 1973-1974), Maryland Society of Internal Medicine (president elect 1971-1973, president 1973-1975), Southern Medical Association, United States Food and Drug Administration (advisory committee), Sigma Xi.
Married Mary Rosalie Evans, September 7, 1947 (deceased January, 1967). Children: Rosalie Van Metre Baker, Anne Gleaves Van Metre Kibbe, Mary Evans Van Metre Chodroff, Elizabeth Bowyer Van Meter Domowski, Helen Jenkins Van Metre Weary. Married Adéla Bell Hurst Winand, June 29, 1968.
Stepchildren: William Thomas Winand III, Bruce Hurst Winand.