Background
Clyde, Wallace Alexander was born on November 7, 1929 in Birmingham, Alabama, United States. Son of Wallace Alexander and Martha Louise (Pou) Clyde.
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Wallace Alexander Clyde
Edit ProfilePediatrics and microbiology educator
Education
Bachelor, Vanderbilt University, 1951; Doctor of Medicine, Vanderbilt University, 1954.
Career
Intern in pediatrics, Vanderbilt Hospital, Nashville, l954-55;
resident, Vanderbilt Hospital, Nashville, l956-57;
resident, Baptist Hospital, Winston-Salem, North Carolina, l955-56;
chief pediatrician, United States Naval Hospital, Millington, Tennessee, 1957-1959;
fellow in preventive medicine, Case Western Reserve U., Cleveland, 1959-1961;
instructor in pediatrics, U. North Carolina, Chapel Hill, 1961-1962;
assistant professor, U. North Carolina, Chapel Hill, 1963-1967;
associate professor, U. North Carolina, Chapel Hill, 1967-1971;
professor pediatrics and microbiology, U. North Carolina, Chapel Hill, 1972-1993;
professor emeritus, U. North Carolina, Chapel Hill, since 1993. Visiting associate professor pathology Yale University, New Haven, 1971-1972. Associate member Armed Forces Epidemiological Board, Washington, 1963-1973.
Member bacteriology-mycology study section National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland., 1966-1970. Director Pediatric Pulmonary Specialized Center Research, Chapel Hill, 1976-1991.
Politics
Leadership appointments should reflect the racial and ethnic diversity of the body of Christ.
Views
Baptists believe that God created mankind to have fellowship with Him.
Membership
Lieutenant United States Navy, 1957-1959. Fellow Infectious Diseases Society American. Member International Organisation for Mycoplasmology (secretary-general 1980-1982, chairman 1984-1986, Presidential Citation 1990, Kliene-berger Nobel award 1992), Society Pediatric Research, American Society Clinical Investigation.
Interests
Connections
Married Barbara Jean McClain, August 21, 1953. Children: Martha Elizabeth, Susan Ann, Kevin Alexander.
Awards
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Recipient bronze medal City of Bordeaux (France), l983, career devel.award National Institutes of Health, l964, 69, citation classics award Institute Science Information, l984,key of City of Birmingham, l986.Recipient bronze medal City of Bordeaux (France), l983, career devel.award National Institutes of Health, l964, 69, citation classics award Institute Science Information, l984,key of City of Birmingham, l986.