Dr. Monte A. Greer of Lake Oswego, an internationally renowned educator and researcher who retired as head of Oregon Health & Science University's Division of Endocrinology, Diabetes and Clinical Nutrition, died Sunday in a motor vehicle accident. He was 79.
The accident, along U.S. 26 in Clatsop County, also claimed the life of Dr. Greer's wife, Peggy. She was 80.
A joint memorial service is scheduled for 11 a.m. Saturday, April 6, at First Christian Church in Portland.
Over the course of his career, Dr. Greer, a Portland native, received awards for his work from the American Thyroid Association, the National Institutes of Health, the Medical Research Foundation of Oregon and the Endocrine Society.
Dr. John Kendall, dean emeritus of the OHSU School of Medicine, said he benefited from studying under Dr. Greer.
"Monte Greer was a critical thinker who taught me not only research methodology, but to consider new ways to look at old problems," Kendall said. "He was truly a teacher's teacher."
Dr. Greer, who lectured extensively in Europe and Japan, was known for pioneering work in medical treatment of goiters and overactive thyroids at a time when most patients were forced to undergo surgery.
Dr. Greer was the first to demonstrate a relationship between the hypothalamus region of the brain, the pituitary gland and the thyroid gland. He also was the first to isolate substances in foods that can contribute to the development of goiters. He later showed how thyroid hormone could be used to counteract goiter development.
Dr. Greer was born Oct. 26, 1922, in Portland. In 1943, while a student at Stanford University, he married Peggy Johnson of Portland. He earned a medical degree from Stanford in 1947 and was appointed assistant professor of medicine at Tufts Medical School in Boston. In 1951, he was appointed senior investigator for the National Cancer Institute and accepted a position with the UCLA School of Medicine in 1955.
In 1956, Dr. Greer joined the staff of OHSU's School of Medicine and rose the following year to head of the Division of Endocrinology, a position he held for nearly 30 years.
Dr. Greer was fluent in Slovak and Japanese. He also was an accomplished painter, pianist and wood carver, as well as an avid gardener and tennis player. He was a board member of Portland Youth Philharmonic and a member of the Portland Rotary Club.
"He was an incredibly talented person," said George Kent of Lake Oswego, a retired medical engineer. "Certainly, the community has lost a great man, and I have lost a great friend."
The Greers are survived by their children, Rich of Canby and Susie of Lake Oswego, a research associate in Dr. Greer's lab, and by two grandchildren and one great-grandchild.
[The Oregonian, 26 March 2002, p B05; w/photo]
The accident, along U.S. 26 in Clatsop County, also claimed the life of Dr. Greer's wife, Peggy. She was 80.
A joint memorial service is scheduled for 11 a.m. Saturday, April 6, at First Christian Church in Portland.
Over the course of his career, Dr. Greer, a Portland native, received awards for his work from the American Thyroid Association, the National Institutes of Health, the Medical Research Foundation of Oregon and the Endocrine Society.
Dr. John Kendall, dean emeritus of the OHSU School of Medicine, said he benefited from studying under Dr. Greer.
"Monte Greer was a critical thinker who taught me not only research methodology, but to consider new ways to look at old problems," Kendall said. "He was truly a teacher's teacher."
Dr. Greer, who lectured extensively in Europe and Japan, was known for pioneering work in medical treatment of goiters and overactive thyroids at a time when most patients were forced to undergo surgery.
Dr. Greer was the first to demonstrate a relationship between the hypothalamus region of the brain, the pituitary gland and the thyroid gland. He also was the first to isolate substances in foods that can contribute to the development of goiters. He later showed how thyroid hormone could be used to counteract goiter development.
Dr. Greer was born Oct. 26, 1922, in Portland. In 1943, while a student at Stanford University, he married Peggy Johnson of Portland. He earned a medical degree from Stanford in 1947 and was appointed assistant professor of medicine at Tufts Medical School in Boston. In 1951, he was appointed senior investigator for the National Cancer Institute and accepted a position with the UCLA School of Medicine in 1955.
In 1956, Dr. Greer joined the staff of OHSU's School of Medicine and rose the following year to head of the Division of Endocrinology, a position he held for nearly 30 years.
Dr. Greer was fluent in Slovak and Japanese. He also was an accomplished painter, pianist and wood carver, as well as an avid gardener and tennis player. He was a board member of Portland Youth Philharmonic and a member of the Portland Rotary Club.
"He was an incredibly talented person," said George Kent of Lake Oswego, a retired medical engineer. "Certainly, the community has lost a great man, and I have lost a great friend."
The Greers are survived by their children, Rich of Canby and Susie of Lake Oswego, a research associate in Dr. Greer's lab, and by two grandchildren and one great-grandchild.
[The Oregonian, 26 March 2002, p B05; w/photo]
Dr. Monte A. Greer of Lake Oswego, an internationally renowned educator and researcher who retired as head of Oregon Health & Science University's Division of Endocrinology, Diabetes and Clinical Nutrition, died Sunday in a motor vehicle accident. He was 79.
The accident, along U.S. 26 in Clatsop County, also claimed the life of Dr. Greer's wife, Peggy. She was 80.
A joint memorial service is scheduled for 11 a.m. Saturday, April 6, at First Christian Church in Portland.
Over the course of his career, Dr. Greer, a Portland native, received awards for his work from the American Thyroid Association, the National Institutes of Health, the Medical Research Foundation of Oregon and the Endocrine Society.
Dr. John Kendall, dean emeritus of the OHSU School of Medicine, said he benefited from studying under Dr. Greer.
"Monte Greer was a critical thinker who taught me not only research methodology, but to consider new ways to look at old problems," Kendall said. "He was truly a teacher's teacher."
Dr. Greer, who lectured extensively in Europe and Japan, was known for pioneering work in medical treatment of goiters and overactive thyroids at a time when most patients were forced to undergo surgery.
Dr. Greer was the first to demonstrate a relationship between the hypothalamus region of the brain, the pituitary gland and the thyroid gland. He also was the first to isolate substances in foods that can contribute to the development of goiters. He later showed how thyroid hormone could be used to counteract goiter development.
Dr. Greer was born Oct. 26, 1922, in Portland. In 1943, while a student at Stanford University, he married Peggy Johnson of Portland. He earned a medical degree from Stanford in 1947 and was appointed assistant professor of medicine at Tufts Medical School in Boston. In 1951, he was appointed senior investigator for the National Cancer Institute and accepted a position with the UCLA School of Medicine in 1955.
In 1956, Dr. Greer joined the staff of OHSU's School of Medicine and rose the following year to head of the Division of Endocrinology, a position he held for nearly 30 years.
Dr. Greer was fluent in Slovak and Japanese. He also was an accomplished painter, pianist and wood carver, as well as an avid gardener and tennis player. He was a board member of Portland Youth Philharmonic and a member of the Portland Rotary Club.
"He was an incredibly talented person," said George Kent of Lake Oswego, a retired medical engineer. "Certainly, the community has lost a great man, and I have lost a great friend."
The Greers are survived by their children, Rich of Canby and Susie of Lake Oswego, a research associate in Dr. Greer's lab, and by two grandchildren and one great-grandchild.
[The Oregonian, 26 March 2002, p B05; w/photo]
The accident, along U.S. 26 in Clatsop County, also claimed the life of Dr. Greer's wife, Peggy. She was 80.
A joint memorial service is scheduled for 11 a.m. Saturday, April 6, at First Christian Church in Portland.
Over the course of his career, Dr. Greer, a Portland native, received awards for his work from the American Thyroid Association, the National Institutes of Health, the Medical Research Foundation of Oregon and the Endocrine Society.
Dr. John Kendall, dean emeritus of the OHSU School of Medicine, said he benefited from studying under Dr. Greer.
"Monte Greer was a critical thinker who taught me not only research methodology, but to consider new ways to look at old problems," Kendall said. "He was truly a teacher's teacher."
Dr. Greer, who lectured extensively in Europe and Japan, was known for pioneering work in medical treatment of goiters and overactive thyroids at a time when most patients were forced to undergo surgery.
Dr. Greer was the first to demonstrate a relationship between the hypothalamus region of the brain, the pituitary gland and the thyroid gland. He also was the first to isolate substances in foods that can contribute to the development of goiters. He later showed how thyroid hormone could be used to counteract goiter development.
Dr. Greer was born Oct. 26, 1922, in Portland. In 1943, while a student at Stanford University, he married Peggy Johnson of Portland. He earned a medical degree from Stanford in 1947 and was appointed assistant professor of medicine at Tufts Medical School in Boston. In 1951, he was appointed senior investigator for the National Cancer Institute and accepted a position with the UCLA School of Medicine in 1955.
In 1956, Dr. Greer joined the staff of OHSU's School of Medicine and rose the following year to head of the Division of Endocrinology, a position he held for nearly 30 years.
Dr. Greer was fluent in Slovak and Japanese. He also was an accomplished painter, pianist and wood carver, as well as an avid gardener and tennis player. He was a board member of Portland Youth Philharmonic and a member of the Portland Rotary Club.
"He was an incredibly talented person," said George Kent of Lake Oswego, a retired medical engineer. "Certainly, the community has lost a great man, and I have lost a great friend."
The Greers are survived by their children, Rich of Canby and Susie of Lake Oswego, a research associate in Dr. Greer's lab, and by two grandchildren and one great-grandchild.
[The Oregonian, 26 March 2002, p B05; w/photo]
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