Background
Poynter, Charles William Mccorkle was born on July 16, 1875 in Eureka, Illinois, United States. Son of William Amos and Maria Josephine (McCorkle) Poynter.
Poynter, Charles William Mccorkle was born on July 16, 1875 in Eureka, Illinois, United States. Son of William Amos and Maria Josephine (McCorkle) Poynter.
Bachelor of Science, University Nebraska, 1898, Doctor of Medicine 1902. Graduate study Vienna, Austria, 1907-1908, Harvard, 1912, 14.
Josephine. Instructor in anatomy U. Nebraska, 1903-1910, professor, since 1910, charge department, 1912-1914, head professor, since 1914, appointed acting dean College of Medicine, 1929, dean, 1930-1946, dean emeritus, since 1946. Trustee Omaha Child Savings Institute. Member Executive Committee, board Trustees Children’s Memorial Hospital, Omaha.
Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (secretary medical section 1930-1933). Member American Association Medical Colleges (vice president 1934, Executive Committee 1935, president 1941-1944, American Association Anatomists, American Association Anthropologists, British Association Anatomists, Sigma Xi, Alpha Omega Alpha, Phi Rho Sigma.
Married Clara Eliza Axtell, September 3, 1907.