Background
Fields, Wade Thomas was born on October 15, 1942 in McKenzie, Tennessee, United States. Son of Thomas N. and Rachel (Reynolds) Fields.
Fields, Wade Thomas was born on October 15, 1942 in McKenzie, Tennessee, United States. Son of Thomas N. and Rachel (Reynolds) Fields.
Doctor of Dental Surgery, University Tennessee, 1965. Master in Public Health, University North Carolina, 1970.
Clinical dentist, North Carolina State Board of Health, Raleigh, 1966-1969;
assistant professor, U. Louisville, 1972-1975;
associate professor, department chairman, U. Louisville, 1975-1979;
associate professor, department chairman, U. Tennessee, Memphis, 1979-1983;
associate professor, division director, U. Tennessee, Memphis, 1983-1990;
professor, U. Tennessee, Memphis, since 1990;
division chair, U. Tennessee, Memphis, 1990-1998;
department chairman, U. Tennessee, Memphis, since 1998. Faculty consultant Memphis Veterans Administration Hospital., since 1981. Consultant Assistant Surgeon General and Chief Dental Officer, United States Public Health Service, Washington, 1985.
Project consultant American Board Dental Public Health, Gainesville, Florida, 1984.
Head coach Little League, Elizabeth City, North Carolina, 1968—1969, Peewee Baseball, Louisville, 1976—1978. Assistant den leader Boy Scouts American, 1978—1979. President Germantown (Tennessee) High School Band Boosters, 1985—1986, 1989—1990.
Member of American Dental Association (content consultant monographs 1983, 1986), Deans' Odontological Society (elected member), American Association Public Health Dentistry (secretary-treasurer 1979-1982, president 1982-1984, abstract reviewer 1985, president-elect), American Dental Education Association, Memphis Dental Society (editor newsletter 2002-2005), Tennessee Dental Association (consultant Council Dental Education 1984-1987), Omicron Kappa Upsilon.
Married Sherry J. Jolly, August 12, 1966. Children: Jeffrey Thomas, Susan Michele.