Background

Shields, Thomas Ford was born on November 22, 1930 in Paragould, Arkansas, United States. Son of James Thomas and Ollie Belle (Jones) Shields.

Education

Bachelor, Westminster College, 1952; Doctor of Medicine, St. Saint Louis University, 1956.

Career

Commissioned captain, United States Air Force, 1958; advanced through grades to Major, United States Air Force, 1964; resigned, United States Air Force, 1966; intern, Milwaukee County General Hospital, Milwaukee, 1956; resident in general surgery, Passavant Memorial Hospital, Chicago, 1957-1958; resident in orthopedic surgery, Wilford Hall United States Air Force Hospital, San Antonio, 1959-1962; chief orthopaedic surgery, St. Mary's Regional Medical Center, Lewiston, Maine., 1984-1991; department chairman surgery, St. Marys Regional Medical Center, Lewiston, Maine., 1994-1995.

Achievements

• Thomas Ford Shields has been listed as a noteworthy Orthopaedic surgeon by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Fellow American Academy Orthopaedic Surgrons. Member American Medical Association, Maine Medical Association (speaker house of deals 1985-1991. president-elect 1991-1992, president 1992-1993), NewEng. Orthopaedic Association, Eastern Orthopaedic Association.

Interests

• Avocation: traveling.

Connections

Married Bethel Bragdon, October 12, 1957. Children: Leslie Elizabeth, Dana Alison, Thomas Bragdon, Ford Davies, James Bryant.

Father:

James Thomas Shields

Mother:

Ollie Belle (Jones) Shields

Spouse:

Bethel Bragdon

child:

Dana Alison Shields

child:

Leslie Elizabeth Shields

child:

Ford Davies Shields

child:

James Bryant Shields

child:

Thomas Bragdon Shields