Background
III, Alexander Blain, was born on March 9, 1918 in Detroit, Michigan, United States. Son of Alexander William and Ruby (Johnson) B.
III, Alexander Blain, was born on March 9, 1918 in Detroit, Michigan, United States. Son of Alexander William and Ruby (Johnson) B.
Bachelor, Wayne University, 1940. Doctor of Medicine, Wayne University, 1943. Master of Science in Surgery, University Michigan, 1948.
House officer, Halsted fellow in surgery, Johns Hopkins University, 1943-1946;
resident surgeon, U. Hospital, Ann Arbor, Michigan, 1946-1950;
instructor surgery, University of Michigan, 1950-1957;
chief surgeon, 14th Field Hospital, Bad Kreuznach, Federal Republic Germany
clinical associate professor surgery, Wayne State University, 1962-1987;
surgeon-in-chief, Alexander Blain Hospital, Detroit, 1953-1978;
consultant surgeon, Highland Park General Hosp
consultant surgeon, St. Josephs's Hospital
consultant surgeon, Blain Clinic
consultant surgeon, Ostego Memorial Hospital, Gaylord, Michigan
medical director, The Budd Company, 1977-1982;
staff periop., St. John Hospital, 1988-1992;
medical consultant board 67 adjudication, VA, since 1990. President Metropolitan Detroit Family Svc. Association, 1962-1963, Detroit Museum Society, 1961-1962.
Staff Harper Hospital, Detroit Deaconess Hospital. Surgeon Detroit Urban Indian Health Center, 1982-1990.
Member Detroit Zoological Park Commission, 1974-1982, president, 1978-1982. Trustee Alexander Blain Hospital, 1942-1967, Ostego Memorial Hospital Foundation, Gaylord, Michigan, since 1976. Board directors Detroit Zoological Society, 1972-1975, 82—.
President W.J. Stapleton Foundation Health Education, 1978-1984. Served as lieutenant Medical Corps, Army of the United States, 1942-1944, major, 1955-1957. Fellow American College of Surgeons, New York Academy of Sciences.
Member International Cardiovascular Society, Field Artillery Coller Surgical Society, American Federation for Clinical Research, Cranbrook Institute of Science, Society Vascular Surgery, American Thyroid Association, Society International de Chirugie, Michigan Medical Society (chairman surgical section 1963), Association Clinical Surgery, Pan-Pacific Surgical Association, Academy American Poets, American Poetry Association, Michigan Poetry Society, Academy of Surgery of Detroit, Council of Wayne County Medical Society, Nu Sigma Nu, Phi Gamma Delta. Clubs: Grosse Pointe (fleet surgeon 1986-1989), Otsego, Prismatic (president 1967), Detroit Racquet (president 1976-1980), Cardio-Vascular Surgeons (president 1961-1962), Acanthus, Waweatonong (president 1978), Circumnavigators, Witenagemote.
Married Josephine Woodbury Bowen, May 3, 1941. Children— Helen Bowen, Alexander IV, Bruce Scott Murray, Josephine Johnson. Married Mary E. Mains, 1968.