Background
Ralston, Burrell Otto was born on January 28, 1887 in Jefferson City, Tennessee, United States. Son of William Oscar and Martha E. (Mitchell) Ralston.
Ralston, Burrell Otto was born on January 28, 1887 in Jefferson City, Tennessee, United States. Son of William Oscar and Martha E. (Mitchell) Ralston.
Bachelor of Arts, Maryville (Tennessee) College, 1909. Doctor of Medicine Rush Medical College, Chicago, 1915. Student University of Berne, Switzerland, 1925-1926, Stanford University School of Medicine, 1929-1930.
Resident pathologist Presbyterian Hospital, Chicago, 1916-1921. Instructor in pathology, Rush Medical College, 1916-1921, instructor and assistant clinical professor in medicine, 1921-1924. Professor medicine, School Medicine, University of Southern California, 1929-1943, dean, 1943-1954, emeritus, 1954.
Served as First lieutenant Medical corpus, United States army, 1917. Member American Medical Association, Institute of Medicine Chicago, Pacific Clinical Interurban Society, California State Medical Association, Association American Physicians, Los Angeles Company Medical Society, Los Angeles Academy Medicine. Clubs: California, Los Angeles Country, Bohemian.
Married Marion Churchill McCartney, May 12, 1925.