Background
Kennard, William Jeffers was born on September 26, 1906 in Havana, Cuba. Son of Wm. Jeffers and Mary Elizabeth (Rutherford) Kennard.
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Kennard, William Jeffers was born on September 26, 1906 in Havana, Cuba. Son of Wm. Jeffers and Mary Elizabeth (Rutherford) Kennard.
Bachelor of Science, University Pittsburgh, 1928, Doctor of Medicine 1930. Graduate Medical Field Service School, 1933, School Aviation Medicine, 1934, National War College, 1947.
Commissioned First lieutenant, Medical Corps, United States Army, 1930, advanced through grades to brigadier general, United States Air Force, 1952. Intern Walter Reed General Hospital, Washington, 1930-1931, resident internal medicine, 1931-1932. Student Army Medical School, 1932-1933.
Surgical and medical inspector Air Forces and Army troops, Philippines, 1940-1942. Command surgeon Far East Air Force, 1941-1942, N.E. Australia, 1942, 2d Bomber Command, 1943-1944. Commanding officer Regional and Convalescent Hospital, Fort George Wright, Spokane, Washington, 1944-1946.
Chief aviation medicine and care of flyer division Office Air Surgeon Headquarters United States Air Force, Washington, 1947-1949, director plans and hospitalization Office Surgeon General, 1949-1951. Senior medical officer Supreme Headquarters Allied Powers in Europe, North Atlantic Treaty Organization, 1951-1954. Air surgeon Military Air Transport Service, 1954-1955.
Retired, 1955; associate director, later director Washington office American Medical Association, 1955-1958. Executive vice president Aerospace Medical Association, Washington, 1959-1967, consultant, 1967-1973.
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Fellow International Academy Aviation and Space Medicine. Member Society Medical Conservation to Armed Forces, American Medical Association, District of Columbia Medical Society, American Public Health Association, Civil Aviation Medical Association, American Medical Executives Association, American College Preventive Medicine, Air Force Association, Aerospace Medical Association, Flying Physicians Association.
Married Marian Robinson Brown, June 20, 1930. Children: Ann Eloise (Mistress David D. Johnson), Beverly Jeffers (Mistress John C. Wren), Marian Elizabeth (Mistress Jack G. Sarver).