Background
Falls, Arthur GrandPré was born on December 25, 1901 in Chicago, Illinois, United States. Son of William Arthur and Santalia Angelica (de GrandPré) Falls.
Falls, Arthur GrandPré was born on December 25, 1901 in Chicago, Illinois, United States. Son of William Arthur and Santalia Angelica (de GrandPré) Falls.
Student, Crane Junior College, 1918—1920. Bachelor of Science in Medicine, Northwestern University, 1924. Doctor of Medicine, 1925.
Postgraduate, University Chicago. Postgraduate, University Illinois, Chicago. Cook County Postgraduate, New York University.
Intern Kansas City General Hospital, Missouri, 1924—2025. General practice surgery Chicago, since 1925. Member staff Provident Hospital.
Faculty Postgraduate School Tuberculosis, Chicago, 1939—1944, School Nursing, Provident Hospital, 1960—1965. Founder, president Committee to End Discrimination in Chicago's Medical Institutions. Founder, executive vice chairman Council Equal Medical Opportunity.
Founder, president Council Bio-Medical Careers. Founder, chairman Chicago Chapter Medical Committee for Human Rights. Member public health committee Commission on Human Relations, City of Chgo.
Member health committee Welfare Council Metropolitan Chicago. Chairman annual health campaign National Negro Business League. Editor Bulletin Cook County Physicians Association, 1930—1932, 1935—1936.
Associate editor Interracial Review, 1931—1934, Bulletin Interracial Commission of Chicago, 1933—1936. Chicago editor Catholic Worker, 1935—1938.
Member executive board National Catholic Interracial Federation, 1931—1936, president Chicago br, 1933—1934. Founder Chicago Catholic Workers Credit Union, 1937, board directors, 1950—1953, president, 1952—1953. Founder, chairman Progress Development Corporation, 1959.
Fellow: American Geriatrics Society, American College Chest Physicians. Member: American Catholic Sociological Society, Americans for Democratic Action, National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, National Urban League, Chicago Urban League, American Civil Liberties Union.
Married Lillian Steele Proctor, December 1928. 1 child, Arthur GrandPré.