Adams, William Seth

Biography

Adams was born on May 28, 1919 in Sodus, New York; was a fellow at the University of Rochester, 1941-42, receiving his Ph.D in 1943; intern, Strong Memorial Hospital, Rochester, 1944; assistant medical resident, 1944-45, resident fellow, 1946-47, and instructor, 1947-48, University of Rochester; served in the medical corps of the United States Naval Reserve, 1945-46, and as a consultant to the Atomic Bomb Casualty Commission; resident, 1948-49, administration section chief, assistant resident and physician full grade, 1949-50, Veterans Administration Center Hospital, Los Angeles; assistant clinical professor, 1948-49, assistant professor, 1949-52, associate professor, and in 1952, professor of the University of California, Los Angeles School of Medicine; vice-chairman of the Department of Medicine, 1967.

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