Background
Chesney, Alan Mason was born on January 17, 1888 in Baltimore, Maryland, United States. Son of Jesse Mason and Annie (Atkinson) Chesney.
Chesney, Alan Mason was born on January 17, 1888 in Baltimore, Maryland, United States. Son of Jesse Mason and Annie (Atkinson) Chesney.
Student Baltimore City College, 1905. Bachelor of Arts, Johns Hopkins, 1908, Doctor of Medicine 1912, LL. Doctorate., 1957.
Began practice at Baltimore, 1912. Assistant in medicine, Johns Hopkins, 1913. Assistant resident physician, Rockefeller Institute Hospital, 1914-1917.
Associate in medicine, Washington University, 1919-1921.
Associate professor medicine, Johns Hopkins since 1921, assistant dean of medical school, 1927-1929, dean, 1929-1953, dean emeritus, since 1953. Managing editor Medicine, 1923-1947.
President Medical and Chirurgical Faculty, State Maryland, 1952.
Served as Lieutenant, advancing to major, Medical corpus, United States army, 1917-1919. President Association of America Medical Colleges, 1937-1938. Member Johns Hopkins Medical and Surgical (president 1959-1961), Association American Physicians, Society for Clinical Investigation, Society Experimental Pathology, Baltimore City Medical Society (vice president 1951), Phi Beta Kappa, Alpha Omega Alpha, Phi Gamma Delta.
Clubs: 14 West. Hamilton Saint, Deer Isle Yacht.
Married Cora Chambers, May 17, 1917. Children: Joan, Alan Dukehart, Peter.