Born in Danville, VA. BS chemistry, University of North Carolina, M.D. University of North Carolina School of Medicine. Residences in Internal Medicine in Richmond, Boston & Cleveland, Practiced Internal Medicine in Chattanooga, TN 35 years. Presently consultant for Chattem, Inc. ( Sanofi-Aventis). Fellow American College of Physicians and the Royal College of Physicians, London, England.Also Fellow, National and International College of Angiology. Earlier, pilot small aircraft. Served in Medical Corps, US Army, 5th Army, WWII. Author of children's books, short stories and novels.