Paul Hoxworth was the founder of Greater Cincinnati's blood bank. He was born in Columbus, Ohio in 1907. He attended the Ohio State University and received his bachelor's degree in 1931 and a medical degree in 1934. He pursued a Ph.D. at the University of Cincinnati, where he was appointed Assistant in Surgery at General Hospital in 1938. Hoxworth completed his residency at General Hospital and became a full professor of surgery at the University of Cincinnati in 1960.
Early in his career, Hoxworth became interested in the need for more blood, particularly reserve blood, at General Hospital. To combat this, Hoxworth opened Cincinnati's first blood bank on December 10, 1938 with financing from the American Red Cross. Hoxworth served as the first director and his wife, Nancy, worked as a secretary. In 1944, the blood center became part of the University of Cincinnati, and was renamed the UC Blood Transfusion Service. In 1973, the blood bank was named after its founder as the Paul I. Hoxworth Blood Center and is currently called the Hoxworth Blood Center.
Hoxworth served as president of the American Association of Blood Banks, he was a member of the American Colleges of Surgeons, and the Society of University Surgeons. He received the Ohio State University Alumni Achievement Award. Hoxworth died in 1973.
From the guide to the Paul Hoxworth papers, 1944-1969, 1944-1969, (University of Cincinnati, Archives and Rare Books Library)
