White, Park J., 1891-1987.

Physician and educator. Washington University (Saint Louis, Mo.).Dept. of Pediatrics, 1920-1966. Director of Pediatrics. Homer G. Phillips Hospital (Saint Louis, Mo.), 1945-1966.

Pediatrician, 1891-1987. White received his medical degree from Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons in 1917. White served on the faculty of Washington University School of Medicine from 1921 to 1963, when he retired as professor emeritus of clinical pediatrics. From 1945 to 1965 White was director of the division of pediatrics at Homer G. Phillips Hospital. Known also as a poet, essayist and social reformer, White was a former chairman of the American Academy of Pediatrics, a former president of the St. Louis Pediatric Society, and a member of the St. Louis Conference on Race Relations.