Background
Byerly, Wesley Grimes was born on July 28, 1926 in Statesville, North Carolina, United States. Son of Wesley Grimes and Bessie (Hayes) Byerly.
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Wesley Grimes Byerly
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Bachelor of Arts in Chemistry, U. North Carolina, 1948; Doctor of Medicine, Harvard University, 1952.
Career
Surgical intern, First Division Bellevue Hospital, New York City, 1952;
chief surgical resident, Roosevelt Hospital, New York City, 1953-1957;
private practice, Hickory, North Carolina, 1957-1993;
president, Byerly Surgical Associations/Medical Arts Clinic, Hickory, 1963-1993. Attending surgeon Richard Baker Hospital, Hickory, 1957-1960. Attending surgeon, chief Hickory Memorial Hospital, 1960-1980, Catawba Memorial Hospital, Hickory, 1967-1993, chief of surgery, 1968, 82, chief of staff, 1991-1992.
Surgeon Volunteer Physicians for Vietnam, 1967. Mission pilot Civil Air Patrol, Hickory, 1976-1986.
Achievements
Membership
President Catawba County Red Cross, Hickory, 1962-1964, Catawba County Cancer Society, Hickory, 1966-1968, U. North Carolina Medical Alumni, 1989-1990. Chairman Catawba County Republican Party, North Carolina, 1988-1990, 10th North Carolina Congressional District Republican Party, 1995-1997. Chairman of the board of trustees Catawba Valley Community College, Hickory, since 1989.
Colonel United States Army Reserve, 1944-1988, World War II, Vietnam. Fellow American College of Surgeons, Southeastern Surgical Congress. Member American Medical Association, Flying Physicians Association, Military Surgeons, North Carolina Medical Society (councilor, Executive Committee), CatawbaCounty Medical Society (president 1963), Kiwanis (president 1975-1976, lieutenant governor 1979-1980, 96-97), Mason.
Connections
Married Katherine Jean Hurd, June 9, 1951. Children: Wesley Grimes III, Katherine Hayes, Andrew Baxter.
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Religion
Episcopalian -
Political Party
Republican