Background
Hoover, Walter Boyd was born on January 4, 1898 in Jackson County, Missouri, United States. Son of Conrad A. and Mary (Allen) Hoover.
Hoover, Walter Boyd was born on January 4, 1898 in Jackson County, Missouri, United States. Son of Conrad A. and Mary (Allen) Hoover.
Student, Drake University, 1918. Doctor of Medicine, Washington University, 1922.
Intern, City Hospital, St. Louis, 1922-1923; specialty training, Washington University School Medicine, Barnes Hospital, 1923-1928; oto-rhinolaryngologist, broncho-esophagologist, Lahey Clinic, 1928-1989.
Member American Medical Association, American Academy Ophthalmology and Otolaryngology, American Broncho-esophagol. Association (vice president, past president), New England Otolaryngol. Society (past president), American Laryngol., Rhinological and Otological Society.
Married Lorna Lelley, October 3, 1923. Children: Patricia Hoover Petot, Junior, Walter Boyd, Charles J., Lorna Hoover Scammell.