Background
Potter, Charles was born on November 13, 1908 in Providence. Son of Max and Bessie (Chernoff) Potter.
Potter, Charles was born on November 13, 1908 in Providence. Son of Max and Bessie (Chernoff) Potter.
Doctor of Medicine Columbia, 1935.
Intern, Michael Reese Hospital, Chicago, 1936-1938. House surgeon Providence Lying-In Hospital, 1939, later director family planning clinic and senior obstetrician. Gynecologist Rhode Island Hospital, Providence.
Director division obstetrics and gynecology Miriam Hospital, Providence, 1958-1968, president staff, 1960.
Clinical instructor obstetrics Harvard Medical School, Boston, Tufts, Boston. Chairman medical advisory board Planned Parenthood of Rhode Island, 1941-1970.
Vice president, chairman adoption committee Jewish Family and Children’s Service, 1960-1964, honorary president, 1970.
American College of Surgeons fellow, Boston Obstetrical Society (senior). Member of the American Medical Association, American College Obstetricians and Gynecologists, American Association Planned Parenthood Physicians, New England Obstetrical and Gynecological Society.
Married Lillian Kelman, June 8, 1941. Children: Eleanor Jean, Deborah Ruth (Mistress Elliot Brener), Elizabeth Annual.