Background
Byers, Walter Louis was born on June 30, 1910 in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States. Son of Edward Jacob and Mary Ellen (Fenton) Byers.
Byers, Walter Louis was born on June 30, 1910 in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States. Son of Edward Jacob and Mary Ellen (Fenton) Byers.
Doctor of Medicine, University Iowa, 1938.
Intern Saint Mark’s Hospital, Salt Lake City, 1938-1939. Resident Highland-Alameda County (California) Hospital, 1945-1947, later coordinator vascular surgery. Resident Samuel Merritt Hospital, 1947-1949.
Chief surgeon emergency surgical service Alameda County Medical Institutions Board of directors, member Executive Committee Oakland Boys Club.
Board directors Alameda County chapter American Red Cross, 1968-1969.
Served to major, Military Cross, Australia, 1940-1946. American College of Surgeons fellow, American College Chest Physicians. Member of the American Medical Association.
Mason.
Club: Commonwealth of California.
Married Barbara Jean Hood, July 21, 1952. Children: Kathleen (Mistress Richard A. Larson), David, Laura, Robert.