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Medicine, teaching Family Practice residents, and include his reports and speeches given while
serving the AAFP in various roles. His collection also includes 18 slides.
Growney, John T., M.D. (1937 - )
1984, 1991, 1996-2009
1 slim document case
John T. Growney, M.D., of Atchison, Kansas, was born in 1937 in St. Joseph, Missouri. He earned
his B.S. (1959) and M.D. (1963) from Creighton University in Omaha, Nebraska. Following
medical school, he was drafted into the Army and served as a doctor at several military bases in the
U.S. before being shipped to Vietnam. There, in Long Binh, he was a military doctor at the 93 rd
Evacuation Hospital. After his discharge in 1966, he moved to Atchison and established a private
practice. Dr. Growney was a charter ABFP diplomate in 1970, and he is notable for being a small
minority of family physicians who have been recertified for the sixth time. He was named an AAFP
Fellow in 1973. He served as a clinical instructor in the Department of Family Medicine at the
University of Kansas Medical Center from 2000-2001.
The John T. Growney, M.D. Collection includes letters and cards from patients and friends, AAFP
membership cards, newspaper articles about Growney, a certificate of appreciation from the
Atchison Hospital Auxiliary for being SHICK (Senior Health Insurance Counseling, a prescription
drug assistance program) Provider of the Year, and correspondence from the ABFM regarding his
rare status of passing the certification/recertification exam seven times.
Guyther, J. Roy, M.D. (1920 - )
1955-2000
1 box – See also: Library Collection; Photograph Collection; and Museum Collection
J. Roy Guyther, M.D. was born in 1920 in Mechanicsville, Maryland. He earned his M.D. from the
University of Maryland School of Medicine in 1943 and completed his internship and a residency in
internal medicine at Mercy Hospital in Baltimore. From 1946-1948, he served in the US Army and
was discharged as a captain. He entered private practice in Mechanicsville on January 1, 1948. Dr.
Guyther was a strong advocate of student interest in General/Family Practice and founded the
Medical Students’ Family Practice Club at the University of Maryland. He became part-time
associate professor in the University of Maryland’s Department of Family Practice in 1972. He has
served in a variety of leadership positions throughout his career, including as president of the
Maryland Academy in 1959; as president of the Board of Medical Examiners of the State of
Maryland in 1977; as a member of the ABFP Board of Directors; and as a delegate from Maryland to
the AAFP congress of Delegates for 16 years. Most notably, he was selected as the Good
Housekeeping Family Doctor of the Year in 1979. The official announcement was made at the
White House where Dr. Guyther was greeted by First Lady Rosalynn Carter. Dr. Guyther retired
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