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Francis J. Haddy
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Francis J. Haddy
Francis John Haddy was born in Walters, Minnesota, on September 6, 1922, the son of Thomas Haddy and Frances Shaheen. He was raised in Kiester...view moreAbout the Authors
Francis J. Haddy
Francis John Haddy was born in Walters, Minnesota, on September 6, 1922, the son of Thomas Haddy and Frances Shaheen. He was raised in Kiester, Minnesota, and had all his schooling in Minnesota, including an MD and PhD in physiology from the University of Minnesota and training in internal medicine at the Mayo Clinic. His entire career has been spent in teaching and research. After his first appointment at Northwestern University, he was chairman of physiology at the University of Oklahoma, Michigan State University, and, most recently, the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences (USUHS) in Washington, DC. During his time as chairman of the Department of Physiology at USUHS, he was a consultant to NASA life sciences research. He has been married to his pediatrician wife since 1946, and they have three children and seven grandchildren. The couple moved into Charter House in retirement in 2001. His special interests include painting acrylic landscapes, golfing, and attending Mayo Clinic seminars. He also reviews papers for several medical journals.
Theresa B. Haddy
Theresa Eileen Brey was born on February 27, 1924, in Wabasso, Minnesota, the daughter of a country doctor, Frank William Brey, MD, and a nurse trained in the Rochester State Hospital, Elizabeth Katherine Daub. She attended schools in Minnesota, and received an MD degree and a pediatrics residency at the University of Minnesota. After a period of time in private practice, followed by training in pediatric hematology-oncology at the National Institutes of Health, she served on the academic staffs of the University of Oklahoma and Michigan State University. She is currently an academic advisory staff member of Childrens National Medical Center in Washington, DC. She and her husband have been married since 1946, and they have three children and seven grandchildren. They joined the Charter House retirement community in 2001. She paints with acrylics and continues to do some writing.view less