Walter Walker Palmer

Background

Palmer, Walter Walker was born on February 27, 1882 in Southfield, Massachusetts, United States. Son of Henry Wellington and Almira Roxana (Walker) Palmer.

Education

Bachelor of Science, Amherst, 1905, Doctor of Science, 1922. Doctor of Medicine Harvard, 1910. Doctor of Science, Columbia, 1929.

Career

H. P. Walcott fellow in medicine and instructor in physiological chemistry Harvard, 1913, assistant in medicine, also resident physician Massachusetts General Hospital, 1913-1915. Assistant in medicine Rockefeller Institute, New York City, 1915-1917. Associate professor medicine Columbia, 1917-1919, also acting director medical service Presbyterian Hospital.

Associate professor medicine Johns Hopkins Medical School, 1919-1921, also associate visiting physician Johns Hopkins Hospital.

Bard professor medicine Columbia, 1921-1947. Consultant.

Achievements

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

Membership

Member National Board of Medical Examiners, 1921-1943. Member American Medical Association (council pharmacy and chemistry), Society for Clinical Investigation, Association American Physicians, New York Academy of Medicine, Harvey Society of New York City (president 1926-1927), Theta Delta Chi, Phi Beta Kappa, Alpha Omega Alpha. Club: Century Association Specializes in research work in metabolic fields—diabetes, nephritis, et cetera

Connections

Married Francesca Gilder, October 12, 1922. Children: Helena Francesca Gilder, Gilder, Walter de Kay.

Father:

Henry Wellington Palmer

Mother:

Almira Roxana (Walker) Palmer

Spouse:

Francesca Gilder

child:

Helena Francesca Gilder Palmer

child:

Gilder Palmer

child:

Walter de Kay Palmer