General correspondence files of Katharine R. Sturgis, 1972-1978 (span), 1972-1973 (bulk).

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General correspondence files of Katharine R. Sturgis, 1972-1978 (span), 1972-1973 (bulk).

General correspondence files of Katharine R. Sturgis, primarily 1972-1973, with photographs from tenure as President of the College of Physicians of Philadelphia. Includes documentation of 1972 Louis Pasteur Wine Tasting Party and 1972 banquet held in honor of Sturgis, first woman president of the College. Correspondents include Francis C. Wood, Mark W. Allam, John L. McClenahan, Charles Fineberg, and Thaddeus L. Montgomery.

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Sturgis, Katherine R. (Katherine Rosenbaum), 1903-1987

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Katharine Rosenbaum Guest Boucot Sturgis was born in Philadelphia on 3 September 1903. She attended William Penn High School and began her pre-medical studies at the University of Pennsylvania in 1922. Her education was interrupted, however, by her marriage, the birth of two children, and a divorce. Later, Sturgis completed her undergraduate degree at Penn State University. She entered Woman's Medical College of Pennsylvania in 1935 but was forced to leave school when she contracted tuberculosis...

College of Physicians of Philadelphia. Office of the President

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The Office of the President of the College of Physicians of Philadelphia is first described in the 1787 constitution. The constitution gives the President "power to call extraordinary Meetings whenever important, or unexpected Business shall require, of which he shall be the Judge". The constitution also authorizes the president to call a special session when requested by at least six Fellows. According to the 1834 by-laws, the president was responsible for presiding at College mee...

Allam, Mark W. (Mark Whittier), 1908-

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Dean, School for Veterinary Medicine, University of Pennsylvania and member of Veterinary Medical School Study Commission. From the description of Papers, 1973-1976. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122647250 ...

Montgomery, Thaddeus L. (Thaddeus Lemert), 1896-

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Fineberg, Charles

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Wood, Francis C. (Francis Clark), 1901-

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Francis Clark Wood, Philadelphia, Pa., cardiologist and educator, was born in South Africa in 1901. He married Mary Louise Woods in 1926; they had three children. Wood died on 16 Dec. 1990. Wood received a B.A. from Princeton University, 1922, and an M.D. from the University of Pennsylvania, 1926. After a residency in the Hospital of the Univerity of Pennsylvania, he began to study cardiology with Charles C. Wolferth and specialized in the development of precordial leads...

McClenahan, John L.

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