Benjamin Franklin Byrd

Background

Byrd,, Benjamin Franklin was born on May 18, 1918 in Nashvillle. Son of Benjamin Franklin and Ida (Brister) Byrd.

Education

AB, Vanderbilt University, 1938. Doctor of Medicine, Vanderbilt University, 1941.

Career

Intern, Nashville General Hospital, 1941-1942, assistant resident, 1942, Vanderbilt University Hospital, 1945-1947, resident, 1947-1948. Practice medicine, specializing in surgery Nashville, from 1948. Chief surgery St. Thomas Hospital, 1964-1970, president staff, 1977-1979.

Member staff Baptist Hospital. Instructor surgery Vanderbilt University, Nashville, 1947-1954, associate clinical professor surgery, 1954-1971, clinical professor surgery, 1971-1999. Chairman board of overseers Vanderbilt University Cancer Center, from 1993.

Associate clinical professor surgery Meharry Medical College, Nashville, 1951-1969, professor clinical surgery, from 1969, clinical professor surgery emeritus, from 1999. Director, member trust board Commerce Union Bank, 1974-1980, 82-91. Director NLT Corporation.

Membership

President Tennessee division American Cancer Society, 1963, national board directors, since 1965, national executive committee, 1970-1980, chairman medical and science executive committee, 1973—&, national president, 1975-1976. President, member executive board Tennessee Botanical Gardens and Fine Arts Center, 1971-1973. Trustee Senior Citizens, Hermitage Association.

Board directors Cumberland Museum, University School, 1985-1991. Lieutenant colonel Medical Corps, Army of the United States, 1941-1945. Fellow American College of Surgeons (governor 1973-1979, chairman commission on cancer).

Member American Surgical Association, Southern Surgical Association, Nashville Surgical Society (president 1962-1963), Society Surgical Oncology, Tennessee Medical Association (member council, Distinguished Service award, Physician of Year 1986), Southern Medical Association (member council), Société International de Chirurgie, Southeastern Surgical Congress (member council, president 1968-1969, Distinguished Service award 1977), Nashville Academy Medicine (president 1980, chairman 1981), Nashville C. of Chamber (board governors 1967-1970, 82—, president 1985), Vanderbilt University Medical Alumni (president 1979-1981), Sigma Xi. Clubs: Nashville Exchange.

Connections

Married Allison Caldwell, February 6, 1950. Children: Benjamin Franklin, Barney Duncan, Damon Winston, Andrew Wayne, Evelyn Hope, John W. Thomas.

Father:

Benjamin Franklin Byrd,

Mother:

Ida (Brister) Byrd,

Spouse:

Allison Caldwell

child:

John W. Thomas Byrd,

child:

Evelyn Hope Byrd,

child:

Benjamin Franklin Byrd,

child:

Andrew Wayne Byrd,

child:

Damon Winston Byrd,

child:

Barney Duncan Byrd,