BEGIN:VCALENDAR PRODID;X-RICAL-TZSOURCE=TZINFO:-//com.denhaven2/NONSGML ri_cal gem//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN VERSION:2.0 BEGIN:VEVENT DESCRIPTION:Sunday\, July 15\, 2012 &ndash\; Bethesda\, MD &ndash\; Retir ed Lieutenant Colonel Robert Francis Dyer\, Jr.\, M.D.\, Sc.D.\, 85\, a retired physician\, former educator\, husband\, father\, grandparent\, a nd U.S. Army &\; Army Reserves veteran from Bethesda\, MD\, passed aw ay from respiratory and kidney failure.\n \;\nDr. Dyer is survived b y his wife of 42 years\, Doris Swain Dyer\, RN\, a Registered Nurse\, of Bethesda\, MD\; four children: the eldest\, Robert Francis Dyer\, III\, a musician/recording artist and blogger (@BethesdaRow)\, of Bethesda\, MD\, William Edward Dyer\, a Marketing Research Manager (USA Today/Ganne tt)\, of Bethesda\, MD\, Anne Dyer Bott\, RN\, a Registered Nurse\, of A nnandale\, VA\, and Scott Robertson Dyer\, a Business Manager (J.P. Morg an Private Bank) and an elected member of the Montgomery Village Foundat ion&rsquo\;s Board of Directors and the East Village Homes Corporation&r squo\;s Board of Directors\, of Montgomery Village\, MD\; a son-in-law: George Bott\, Associate AIA\, LEED AP\, licensed Architect (Anthony Wild er Design/Build)\, of Annandale\, VA\; a daughter-in-law\, Joyce Kraus D yer\, a licensed Commercial Interior Designer\, as well as Vice Presiden t and an elected member of the East Village Homes Corporation&rsquo\;s B oard of Directors of Montgomery Village\, MD\; and a grandson\, Joseph E dward Dyer\, of Montgomery Village\, MD.\n \;\nDr. Dyer\, a seventh generation Washingtonian\, dedicated his life to serving others. After s erving in our armed forces during World War II (Pacific Theater) and Kor ea\, and honored with numerous medals and foreign decorations\, Dr. Dyer returned to the United States to study medicine and became licensed to practice medicine in Washington\, DC\, Maryland\, and Virginia. With ove r forty years of experience as a Physician in private practice offering Primary Care\, specializing in Cardiology and Internal Medicine\, Dr. Dy er was an internationally respected physician.\n \;\nDr. Robert F. D yer\, Jr.&rsquo\;s public service over the decades has included Presiden t John F. Kennedy&rsquo\;s appointment as Secretary\, Board of Police an d Fire Surgeons\, and Director/Chief of Occupational Medicine\, Police a nd Firemen&rsquo\;s Clinics\; serving as White House consultant on Inter nal Medicine\; serving on the D.C. Mayor&rsquo\;s Emergency Council\; se rving as Occupational Medicine Representative on the Interspecialty Boar d to the Congressional House of Delegates\;\nserving as Deputy Medical D irector\, Washington National Airport\; serving as Federal Aviation Medi cal Examiner\; serving as Surgeon General and Medical Director\, U.S. Pa rk Police\; serving as Medical Director\, Secret Service Uniformed Divis ions\; serving as President and Dean\, Washington College of Occupationa l Medicine\; serving as Deputy Medical Director\, Capitol Airlines\; ser ving as Chief of Medicine and Commandant of Medical Training\, U.S. Army Hospitals\; serving as a Clinical Professor of Medicine\, George Washin gton University&rsquo\;s School of Medicine &\; Health Sciences\; ser ving as Chief of Internal Medicine and Chief of Medical Education\, Sibl ey Memorial Hospital\; serving as President\, Washington Medical &\; Surgical Society\; President\, Hippocrates-Galen Medical Society\; servi ng as Senior Internal Medicine Member\, Board of Review\, D.C. Departmen t of Labor&rsquo\;s Compensation Medicine Board\; serving as Special Adv isor to the State Superintendent of Health\; serving as Chairman\, US Co nference on Occupational Health\; serving as Director of Occupational Me dicine\, Herndon Medical Center\; serving as Assistant to the President\ , Aerospace Medical Association\; serving as Chief of\nOccupational Medi cine\, 115th Army Hospital\, Fort Lewes Delaware\; serving as Chief of M edicine and Chief of Staff\, 115th Army Hospital\, Fort Indiantown Gap P ennsylvania\; serving as Medical Consultant to the D.C. City Council on the Occupational Injury/Illness Compensation Bill\; serving as President of Occupational Medicine and Director of Classification for Occupationa l Medicine Specialists\, Medical Society of D.C.\; serving as President of Phi Chi\nMedical Society\; and serving as the only 3-term Governor\, D.C. Chapter &ndash\; Colonial Wars National Society. Also notably\, Dr. Robert F. Dyer\, Jr. has published 36 medical/scientific papers and one scientific book\, was awarded the Chair in Medicine from Sibley Memoria l Hospital\, was Knighted by the Royal House of Borbó\;n y Borb&oa cute\;n (Spain) in 1975 for medical achievements\, as well as recognized just before retiring on the &ldquo\;Best Primary Physicians in\nMarylan d&rdquo\; list for 2006. In 2006\, at age 80\, Dr. Dyer once again answe red the call to public service as a candidate for Maryland State Senator in District 16\, joining his two sons and daughter-in-law on the ballot in Montgomery County in an unprecedented run for office by a family in Montgomery County (Robert F. Dyer\, III\, was a candidate for the Maryla nd House of Delegates &ndash\; District 16 and for election to a Distric t 16 seat on the Montgomery County Republican Central Committee\; Scott R. Dyer was a candidate for the Montgomery County Council &ndash\; Distr ict 2 and for re-election to a District 39 seat on the Montgomery County Republican Central Committee\; Joyce Kraus Dyer was a candidate for ele ction to a District 39 seat on the Montgomery County Republican Central Committee).\n \;\nOther notable achievements included his research o n Polyvinyl Chloride Toxicity in Fires and Hydrogen Chloride Toxicity in Fire Fighters\, published in January 1976 in the Journal of the America n Medical Association (JAMA)\; in addition to this research aiding the w elfare of firefighters and other first responders\, this research also u tilized by the U.S. Navy and British Navy for solutions to the design of naval vessels\, which led to an honorary post-military rank of \; B rigadier General\, though his earlier official Army discharge was as a L ieutenant Colonel. Dr. Dyer also published research on the effects of te ar gas.\n \;\nDr. Dyer was the grandson of a notable local businessm an and resident of Georgetown in Washington\, DC\, Joseph Edwin Dyer\, o f J.E. Dyer &\; Co. (DYCO\, established in 1878)\, and wife\, Florenc e Matilda Robertson Dyer\, a DC public school teacher. Dr. Dyer was the son of Washington\, DC resident\, Robert F. Dyer\, Sr.\, and his wife Sa llie Dyer\, and was the eldest of four children: Richard Dyer\, Sr.\, JD (pre-deceased) (a U.S. Navy veteran)\, Nancy Dyer (pre-deceased)\, and David Dyer (pre-deceased) (a Vietnam veteran of the U.S. Navy\, a Prison er of War during Vietnam\, and later buried with honors at Arlington Nat ional Cemetery). Dr. Dyer&rsquo\;s aunt\, Dr. Helen Marie Dyer\, (pre-de ceased at the age of 103)\, was a pioneer in Cancer research.\n \;\n Funeral arrangements are as follows:\n \;\nFUNERAL HOME VISITATION\n Friday\, July 20\, 2012 @ 5:00pm-8:00pm\nJoseph Gawler's Sons Inc.\n5130 Wisconsin Avenue NW Washington\, DC 20016\n202-966-6400\nhttp://obits.d ignitymemorial.com/dignity-memorial/obituary.aspx?n=Robert-Dyer&\;lc= 2216&\;pid=158608117&\;mid=5174200&\;locale=en-US\n \;\nFUN ERAL MASS\nSaturday\, July 21\, 2012 @ 12:00PM\nChurch of the Little Flo wer\n5607 Massachusetts Avenue\nBethesda\, MD 20816\n(301) 320-4538\nhtt p:// www.lfparish.org\n \;\nBURIAL\nThursday\, July 26\, 2012 @ 2:00 PM\nCheltenham Veterans Cemetery\n11301 Crain Hwy\, Cheltenham\,MD 20623 \n(301) 372-6398\nhttp://www.mdva.state.md.us/cemeteries/cheltenham.html \n \;\n \;\nDr. Dyer cherished his ties with Johns Hopkins\, so in lieu of flowers\, Dr. Dyer asked that expressions of love and respect be in the form of donations to the "Dr. J. Weingart Research Fund." Ple ase make the check payable to John Hopkins Medicine\, with a note on the check: "Dr. J. Weingart Research Fund." Please enclose a note stating: "Donation is in memory for Dr. Robert F. Dyer\, Jr." Mail to: Johns Hopk ins Medicine\, Department of Neurosurgery\, #434\, 100 N Charles St.\, B altimore\, MD 21201-3814. All donations are fully tax deductible and wil l be acknowledged.\n \;\n----\n \;\nFor questions or additional information\, please contact:\n \;\n- Funeral Arrangements through J oseph Gawler's Sons\, Inc.\nWeb site: http://www.josephgawlers.com\nPhon e: 202-966-6400\nAddress: 5130 Wisconsin Ave NW\, Washington\, DC 20016\ n \;\n- To contact Dr. Dyer&rsquo\;s family: Scott R. Dyer\nWeb site : http://www.ScottDyer.com\nE-mail address: Scott@ScottDyer.com\nPhone: 301-928-9643\nAddress: 8535 Fountain Valley Drive\, Montgomery Village\, MD 20886 URL:http://bethesda-chevychase.patch.com/events/funeral-mass-for-dr-rober t-f-dyer-jr-md-scd SUMMARY:Funeral Mass for Dr. Robert F. Dyer\, Jr.\, M.D.\, Sc.D. LOCATION:Church of the Little Flower: 5607 Massachusetts Ave\, Bethesda\, MD END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR