Arizona Medical Board record: John T. Clymer MD; address: So. AZ VA Health Care System, 3601 S. 6th Avenue, Tucson; license number: 2547; licensed date: 10/24/1953; medical school: UNIV OF MI MED SCH, Ann Arbor, Michigan; graduation date: 06/14/1952.
Excerpts from obituary (published in the Arizona Daily Star and the Arizona Republic on March 23, 2014: ...He studied at Northwestern Univ. as an undergraduate (1943, 1946-48); served in the U.S. Navy, (1943-46); married Eloise Reese (1947); graduated from Univ. of Michigan with MD degree (1952). He interned at Henry Ford Hospital (MI) and took a general practice residency at Maricopa County General Hospital in Phoenix (1953-54). He spent 11 years in general practice in Phoenix before pursuing specialty training in psychiatry at Ypsilanti (MI) State Hospital (1965-68). In 1968, he and his family returned to Arizona, settling in Tucson. After a year as a staff psychiatrist at So. Az. Mental Health Center, Dr. Clymer began private practice in adult psychiatry. He was on staff at St. Mary's, Sonora Desert and Northwest hospitals. He closed his private practice in 1993 but continued adult psychiatry at outpatient mental health care facilities in Tucson and Phoenix. In 1997, he joined the staff at the VA Hospital in Tucson and worked as a compensation and pension examiner until his retirement at age 85 in 2010. He believed it was an honor and privilege to serve his fellow veterans. He was an active member of the Pima County Medical Society, serving as president in 1987. In 2013, he received PCMS' Lifetime Achievement Award. He was president of the Arizona Medical Association in 1980-81. He also belonged to the American Medical Association, the American Psychiatric Association and the Arizona Psychiatric Society. ...