Walter Julius Pories

Background

Pories, Walter Julius was born on January 18, 1930 in Munich, Germany. Son of Theodore Francis and Frances (Lowin) Pories. came to the United States, 1940.

Education

Bachelor, Wesleyan University, Middletown, Connecticut, 1952; Doctor of Medicine with honors, U. Rochester, 1955.

Career

Intern, Strong Memorial Hospital, Rochester, New York, 1955-1956; resident, Strong Memorial Hospital, Rochester, New York, 1958-1962; department chairman surgery, Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio., 1952-1967; assistant professor surgery and oncology, U. Rochester, 1967-1969; professor surgery and associate department chairman surgery, U. Cleveland, 1969-1977; professor surgery and biochemistry, East Carolina U., Greenville, North Carolina, since 1977; department chairman surgery, East Carolina U., Greenville, North Carolina, 1977-1996; chief surgery, Pitt County Memorial Hospital, 1977-1996; professor surgery U. Health Sciences of Uniformed Superior vena cava syndrome, since 1982; founder, associate director, Rochester Cancer Center, 1967-1969; founder, director, Cleveland Cancer Center, 1972-1977; founder, director, Hospice of Cleveland, 1975; founder, Chairman of the Board, Hospice of Greenville, 1981; medical director, Home Health Care of Greenville, 1978-1983. Founder, Chairman of the Board Center for Creative Living, 1985-1991. President, chairman Eastern Carolina Health Organisation and Echo Management Organisation, since 1994.

Visiting scholarNIH, 1996. Board directors North Carolina Board Medical Examiners.

Achievements

• Walter Julius Pories has been listed as a noteworthy Surgeon, educator by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Board of directors Boy Scouts American, Cleveland, 1974-1977, Greenville Arts Museum, 1980-1982. President, Chief Executive Officer, Chairman, Board Of Directors Eastern Carolina Health Organisation Major United States Air Force, 1955-1967. Colonel United States Army Reserve, 1979-1991, commander United States Air Force Hospital, Durham, North Carolina.

Activated Desert Shield, 1990. Fellow American College of Surgeons, American College Cardiology, American College Chest Physicians. Member Society for Vascular Surgery, Society Surgical Oncology, Society University Surgeons, American Surgical Association, Society Environmental Geochemistry (past president), Residency Review Committee for Surgery, Southern Surgical Association, Society for Thoracic Surgery, Eastern Carolina Health Organisation (president, Chairman of the Board since 1994), Association Programs Dirs. in Surgery (president 1995-1996), North Carolina Surgical Association (president 1995-1996), Greenville Country Club, Sigma Xi, Phi Kappa Phi.

Connections

Married Muriel Helen Aronson, August 18, 1951. Children: Susan E., Mary Jane, Carolyn A., Kathy G. Married Mary Ann Rose McCarthy, June 4, 1977.

Children: Mary Lisa, Michael McCarthy.

Father:

Theodore Francis Pories

Mother:

Frances (Lowin) Pories

Spouse:

Mary Ann Rose McCarthy

Spouse:

Muriel Helen Aronson

child:

Susan E. Pories

child:

Mary Lisa Pories

child:

Carolyn A. Pories

child:

Michael McCarthy Pories

child:

Kathy G. Pories

child:

Mary Jane Pories