Walter Murray Kirkendall

Background

Kirkendall, Walter Murray was born on March 31, 1917 in Louisville. Son of Charles Allen and Margaret C. (Caplinger) Kirkendall.

Education

Doctor of Medicine, University Louisville, 1941.

Career

Research assistant anatomy, College Medicine, U. Louisville, 1938-1939; intern, University Hospitals, Iowa City, 1941-1942; resident in internal medicine, University Hospitals, Iowa City, 1946-1949; junior assistant resident internal medicine, General Hospital, Louisville, 1945-1946; staff member, State University Iowa Hospitals, 1949-1972; assistant department internal medicine, then associate, College Medicine, U. Iowa, 1949-1951; successively assistant professor, clinical associate professor, associate professor, College Medicine, U. Iowa, 1951-1959; professor, College Medicine, U. Iowa, 1959-1972; director cardiovascular research laboratories, College Medicine, U. Iowa, 1958-1970; director renal-hypertension-electrolyte division, College Medicine, U. Iowa, 1970-1972; chief medical services, Veterans Administration Hospital., Iowa City, 1952-1958; consultant in medicine, Veterans Administration Hospital., Iowa City, 1958-1972; professor medicine, Medical School, University Texas, Houston, 1972-1991; department chairman internal medicine, Medical School, University Texas, Houston, 1972-1976; director medical services, Hermann Hospital, 1972-1976; director hypertension division, Hermann Hospital, 1976-1991. Member medical advisory board, chairman Council High Blood Pressure Research, American Heart Association, 1967-1969. Member Executive Committee Undergraduate Cardiology Training Programs, National Heart Institute, 1969-1972.

Achievements

• Walter Murray Kirkendall has been listed as a noteworthy physician, educator by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Served from 1st. lieutenant to major Medical corpus, United States army, 1942-1946. Fellow American College of Physicians, American College Cardiology. Member American Association for the Advancement of Science, American Association of University Professors, American Medical Association, American Federation Clinical Research (counselor Midwestern section 1955-1957), Center Society Clinical Research, Center Clinical Research Club, American College Chest Physicians (Louis Mark lecturer 1963, governor Iowa chapter 1964), International, American societies nephrology, International Society Cardiology, American Clinical and Climatological Association, Society Experimental Biology and Medicine, Southern Society Clinical Investigation, New York Academy of Sciences, Association Professors Medicine, American, Houston societies internal medicine, National Kidney Foundation, American College Pharmacology and Chemotherapy, American Society Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics, Texas Medical Association, Harris County Medical Society, Sigma Xi, Alpha Omega Alpha, Phi Chi.

Connections

Married Margaret Jane Allen, March 31, 1948. Children: William Charles, James Allen, Matthew John, Thomas Murray, David Edwin, Nancy Jane, Mary Margaret, Kathryn Ann, Joseph Howard, Michael Bruce.

Father:

Charles Allen Kirkendall

Mother:

Margaret C. (Caplinger) Kirkendall

Spouse:

Margaret Jane Allen

child:

Thomas Murray Kirkendall

child:

Kathryn Ann Kirkendall

child:

Mary Margaret Kirkendall

child:

David Edwin Kirkendall

child:

Joseph Howard Kirkendall

child:

Nancy Jane Kirkendall

child:

William Charles Kirkendall

child:

James Allen Kirkendall

child:

Michael Bruce Kirkendall

child:

Matthew John Kirkendall