Walter Raymond Thayer

Background

Thayer, Walter Raymond was born on April 16, 1929 in Providence, Rhode Island, United States. Son of Walter Raymond and Esther Veronica (Hulme) Thayer.

Career

Intern, Rhode Island Hospital, Providence, 1955-1957; senior assistant surgeon, United States Public Health Service/National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland., 1956-1958; resident, Georgetown University Hospital, Washington, 1958-1959; fellow in gastroenterology, Yale University School Medicine, New Haven, 1959-1961; research fellow in internal medicine, Yale University School Medicine, New Haven, 1961; from instructor to assistant professor medicine, Yale University, New Haven, 1960-1965; from associate professor to professor medicine, Brown U. School Medicine, Providence, Rhode Island, since 1965. National scientific advisory board Crohn's and Colitis Foundation, Inc., since 1978, research and training awards committee, 1978-1985, chairman, 1980-1985, chairman medical advisory bd.R.I. chapter, 1983. Advisory board National Cooperative Crohn's Disease Study Group, 1981-1983.

Member Cancer Control Board Rhode Island, 1976-1977.

Achievements

• Walter Raymond Thayer has been listed as a noteworthy Internist by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Senior assistant surgeon United States Public Health Service, 1956-1958. Fellow American College Physicians, American College Gastroenterology. Member American Gastroenterol.

Association, American Federation Clinical Research, Rhode Island Medical Society, Rhode Island Gastroenterology Society, Providence Medical Society.

Interests

• Avocations: cross country skiing, birdwatching, gardening.

Connections

Children: Walter, Ida Marie, Peter. Married Meredith Marks, 1998.

Father:

Walter Raymond Thayer

Mother:

Esther Veronica (Hulme) Thayer

Spouse:

Meredith Marks

child:

Ida Marie Thayer

child:

Peter Thayer

child:

Walter Thayer