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|birth_place = Nassawadox, Virginia, U.S. |death_date = |death_place = |party = Democratic |spouse = Pam |children = Wes Aubrey |alma_mater = Virginia Military Institute Eastern Virginia Medical School |allegiance = |branch = |serviceyears = 1984–1992 |rank = 18px Major |unit = Medical Corps }} Ralph Shearer Northam, MD (born September 13, 1959) is an American physician and politician, currently serving as the 40th Lieutenant Governor of Virginia. On November 5, 2013, Northam became the first Democrat since Tim Kaine in 2001 to be elected Lieutenant Governor of Virginia, defeating the Republican nominee, E.W. Jackson, a conservative African-American activist and minister. ==Early life== Northam is the son of Nancy B. Shearer, a nurse, and her husband Wescott B. Northam, a former Commonwealth's Attorney and Circuit Court judge in Accomack County, Virginia, and . He grew up in Onancock, Virginia. Northam attended Virginia Military Institute, where he was President of the Honor Court. He went on to Eastern Virginia Medical School, obtaining his M.D. degree in 1984. From 1984 to 1992 he served as a United States Army physician, attaining the rank of major. During his army service, he completed a pediatric residency at Brooke Army Medical Center in San Antonio, Texas, followed by a child neurology fellowship at Walter Reed Army Medical Center in Washington, D.C.. During Operation Desert Storm, he treated evacuated casualties at Landstuhl Regional Medical Center in Germany. In 1992 Northam established a pediatric neurology practice at Children's Hospital of the King's Daughters in Norfolk, Virginia. Northam currently lives in Norfolk. He has two children, Wes and Aubrey. His brother, Thomas Northam, is the law partner of Virginia State Senate member Lynwood Lewis, who was elected to the State Senate to replace Northam when he resigned his State Senate seat to assume the position of Lieutenant-Governor. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Ralph Northam」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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