Mentioned in the 1/12/1943 Minutes of the Pima County Medical Society, 1904-1954.
J Am Med Assoc, Mar 1943; 121: 875: The Pima County Medical Society was addressed in Tucson, January 12, by Capt. Robert J. Stein, M. C., U. S. Army, on "An Open Psychiatric Division in a General Hospital"; Major Sigmund Mage, M. C., U. S. Army, "Present Status of Surgery in Treatment of Gastroduodenal Ulcer," and Lieut. Col. William J. Kennard Jr., M. C., U. S. Army, "Personal Experiences in Action in Eastern Front."
J Am Med Assoc, Jul 1943; 122: 685: WOMAN'S AUXILIARY. Arizona. At the annual meeting of the Woman's Auxiliary to the Arizona State Medical Association in Tucson, May 1, Mrs. E. M. Hayden assumed the presidency, succeeding Mrs. Harlan P. Mills. Mrs. James H. Allen of Prescott was elected president-elect. Mrs. Frank N. Haggard, President of the Woman's Auxiliary to the American Medical Association, was guest speaker at the luncheon at the home of Mrs. Samuel H. Watson. Lieutenant Colonel W. J. Kennard, commanding officer of Davis-Monthan Field at Tucson, talked to the assembly on "The Flight Surgeon in the Combat Zone."
JAMA, Dec 1973; 226: 1582: KENNARD, William J.; Arlington, Va; University of Pittsburgh, 1930; served as director of the Washington office of the American Medical Association and executive vice-president of the Aerospace Medical Association; died Oct 23, aged 67, of myocardial infarction.
JAMA [Dec 3] 1973, p 1171: Brig Gen Kennard, former AMA official, dies. William J. Kennard, MD, former director of the American Medical Association's Washington office and executive vice president of the Aerospace Medical Association, died of a heart attack October 24 in Arlington, Va. He was born Sept 26, 1906, in Havana, Cuba. He received his MD degree in 1930 from the University of Pittsburgh and took his internship and residency in internal medicine at Walter Reed General Hospital.
Dr. Kennard served in the Far East during World War II before becoming the commanding officer of the Regional and Convalescent Hospital at Ft. George Wright in Spokane, Wash, in 1944. From 1947 to 1949, he was chief of the Aviation Medicine and Care of Flyers Division of the Office of the Air Surgeon in Washington; from 1949-1951, he directed plans and hospitalization in the Office of the Surgeon General. Dr. Kennard served as a senior medical officer with SHAPE and NATO, and as an air surgeon with the Military Air Transport Service. He retired from military service in 1955 with the rank of Brigadier General and took a post with the American Medical Association, a position he held until 1958. Other work with the American Medical Association included serving as Secretary of the Section Council on Preventive Medicine and as a member of the Committee on Aerospace Medicine. In 1955, Dr. Kennard became the executive vice president of the Aerospace Medical Association, a post he held until 1967. He received a number of military honors, including the Distinguished Service medal, the Silver Star, Legion of Merit with oak leaf cluster, a Philippine Presidential distinguished citation, the Medaille d'Honneur du Service de Santé de L'Air (France), and others.
Dr. Kennard was a diplomate of the American Board of Preventive Medicine, and served as chairman of the Residency Review Committee on Preventive Medicine and as vice-chairman for aviation medicine. [photo]
J Am Med Assoc, Mar 1943; 121: 875: The Pima County Medical Society was addressed in Tucson, January 12, by Capt. Robert J. Stein, M. C., U. S. Army, on "An Open Psychiatric Division in a General Hospital"; Major Sigmund Mage, M. C., U. S. Army, "Present Status of Surgery in Treatment of Gastroduodenal Ulcer," and Lieut. Col. William J. Kennard Jr., M. C., U. S. Army, "Personal Experiences in Action in Eastern Front."
J Am Med Assoc, Jul 1943; 122: 685: WOMAN'S AUXILIARY. Arizona. At the annual meeting of the Woman's Auxiliary to the Arizona State Medical Association in Tucson, May 1, Mrs. E. M. Hayden assumed the presidency, succeeding Mrs. Harlan P. Mills. Mrs. James H. Allen of Prescott was elected president-elect. Mrs. Frank N. Haggard, President of the Woman's Auxiliary to the American Medical Association, was guest speaker at the luncheon at the home of Mrs. Samuel H. Watson. Lieutenant Colonel W. J. Kennard, commanding officer of Davis-Monthan Field at Tucson, talked to the assembly on "The Flight Surgeon in the Combat Zone."
JAMA, Dec 1973; 226: 1582: KENNARD, William J.; Arlington, Va; University of Pittsburgh, 1930; served as director of the Washington office of the American Medical Association and executive vice-president of the Aerospace Medical Association; died Oct 23, aged 67, of myocardial infarction.
JAMA [Dec 3] 1973, p 1171: Brig Gen Kennard, former AMA official, dies. William J. Kennard, MD, former director of the American Medical Association's Washington office and executive vice president of the Aerospace Medical Association, died of a heart attack October 24 in Arlington, Va. He was born Sept 26, 1906, in Havana, Cuba. He received his MD degree in 1930 from the University of Pittsburgh and took his internship and residency in internal medicine at Walter Reed General Hospital.
Dr. Kennard served in the Far East during World War II before becoming the commanding officer of the Regional and Convalescent Hospital at Ft. George Wright in Spokane, Wash, in 1944. From 1947 to 1949, he was chief of the Aviation Medicine and Care of Flyers Division of the Office of the Air Surgeon in Washington; from 1949-1951, he directed plans and hospitalization in the Office of the Surgeon General. Dr. Kennard served as a senior medical officer with SHAPE and NATO, and as an air surgeon with the Military Air Transport Service. He retired from military service in 1955 with the rank of Brigadier General and took a post with the American Medical Association, a position he held until 1958. Other work with the American Medical Association included serving as Secretary of the Section Council on Preventive Medicine and as a member of the Committee on Aerospace Medicine. In 1955, Dr. Kennard became the executive vice president of the Aerospace Medical Association, a post he held until 1967. He received a number of military honors, including the Distinguished Service medal, the Silver Star, Legion of Merit with oak leaf cluster, a Philippine Presidential distinguished citation, the Medaille d'Honneur du Service de Santé de L'Air (France), and others.
Dr. Kennard was a diplomate of the American Board of Preventive Medicine, and served as chairman of the Residency Review Committee on Preventive Medicine and as vice-chairman for aviation medicine. [photo]
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