Background
Byrd, Benjamin Franklin was born on May 15, 1886 in Brookhaven, Mississippi, United States. Son of James Quitman and Isabel (Felder) Byrd.
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Benjamin Franklin Byrd
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Education
Bachelor of Science, Mississippi College, 1906. Doctor of Medicine Vanderbilt 1916.
Career
Assistant chemist Vanderbilt Medical School Nashville, 1913-1917, acting professor physiology and pharmacology, 1918-1921. Assistant medical director National Life & Accident Insurance Company, Nashville, 1919-1939, medical director since 1939. Chairman medical board Tennessee Valley Authority and Tennessee State Teachers retirement systems
Achievements
Membership
Fellow American Medical Association. Member American Life Convention (secretary medical section since 1933, chairman since 1951), Nashville Academy Medicine, Tennessee State, Davidson Company medical societies, Middle Tennessee (past president), American (assembly. Member of the Board of Governors), English Speaking Union, American Public Health Association, American Diabetic Society, Young Men's Christian Association Baptist (deacon).
Mason (32 degree, Shriner).
Clubs: Exchange (past president), Belle Meade Country (Nashville).
Connections
Married Ida Muriel Brister, May 27, 1909. Children: Frances Brister (deceased), Benjamin Franklin.
