Walter Myers Shelly

Background

Shelly, Walter Myers was born on August 27, 1933 in East Greenville, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of Howard L. and Emma (Myers) Shelly.

Education

AB, Bluffton College, 1955; Doctor of Medicine, Jefferson Medical College, 1959.

Career

Resident in surgery, St. Luke's Hospital, Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, 1959-1961, 63-65; resident in thoracic surgery, Alameda County Hospital, Oakland, California, 1965-1968; medical missionary to Zaire, Africa, Africa Intermennonite Mission, Elkhart, Indiana, 1961-1963, 68-77; private practice thoracic surgery, Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, 1977-1986; private practice thoracic surgery, Hazard, Kentucky, since 1986.

Achievements

• Walter Myers Shelly has been listed as a noteworthy Surgeon by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Fellow American College of Surgeons. Member American Medical Association.

Interests

• Avocation: gardening.

Connections

Married Elizabeth Bauman. Children: MarkAlan, Lois Anita Shelly Hillegas, Arthur David, Robert Jon.

Father:

Howard L. Shelly

Mother:

Emma (Myers) Shelly

Spouse:

Elizabeth Bauman

child:

Lois Anita Shelly Hillegas Shelly

child:

Arthur David Shelly

child:

MarkAlan Shelly

child:

Robert Jon Shelly