Background
Watkins, Carlton Gunter was born on August 25, 1919 in Wilmington, North Carolina, United States. Son of Edison Lee and Maysie (Gunter) Watkins.
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Carlton Gunter Watkins
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Bachelor of Arts North Carolina, 1939. Doctor of Medicine, Washington University, St. Louis, 1943.
Career
Rotating intern, assistant resident, resident pediatrics, St. Louis City Hospital, 1943-1945; resident pediatrics, Duke Hospital, 1945-1946; private practice, Charlotte, North Carolina, 1946-1951, 53-73; department chairman pediatrics, Charlotte Memorial Hospital, 1958-1961, 63-67; founder, senior member, Charlotte Pediatric Clinic, 1963-1973; medical director, Mecklenburg Center for Human Development, Charlotte, 1973-1989.
Achievements
Membership
President Charlotte-Mecklenburg Association for Children with Learning Disabilities, 1971-1973, Mecklenburg Senior Democrats, 1993-1994. Member professional advisory board Epilepsy Association North Carolina, 1976-1986, vice president, 1986-1988. Member consultant board cost per click Cedar Spring Hospital, 1992-1998.
Member Charlotte-Mecklenburg Board Education, 1966-1974, Mecklenburg Human Superior vena cava syndrome Council, since 1994. Member Mecklenburg Surface Water Investigation Management, since 1997. Captain Medical Corps, United States Army, 1951-1953.
Fellow American Academy Pediatrics (life). Member American Medical Association (life), North Carolina Medical Society, Mecklenburg County Medical Society, North Carolina Pediatric Society, Charlotte Pediatric Society (founder, 1st secretary 1950, president 1962), North Carolina Parent-Teachers Association (life), North Carolina Zoological Society (life), Friends of U. North Carolina Charlotte (life), Alpha Kappa Kappa, Old Catawba (Charlotte) Club.
Connections
Married Charlotte Jean Metcalf, March 21, 1943. Children– Lloyd Dixon Hollingsworth, Carlton Gunter, Mary Melissa, Charlotte Lou.
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Nationality
American