Background
Selby, Clarence Davey was born on July 21, 1878 in Des Moines, Iowa, United States. Son of Sanford and Lizzie Foster (Davey) Selby.
Selby, Clarence Davey was born on July 21, 1878 in Des Moines, Iowa, United States. Son of Sanford and Lizzie Foster (Davey) Selby.
Doctor of Medicine Western Reserve University, 1902.
1 son, Robert Vincent. Demonstrator histology Medical Department, Western Reserve University, 1901. Assistant to city bacteriologist, Cleveland, 1902.
Intern Lakeside Hospital, Cleveland, 1902-1903.
Resident pathologist Saint Alexis Hospital, 1903-1904. Assistant to Doctor George Crile, 1904-1905.
Removed to Toledo, 1905. Visiting surgeon Saint Vincent’s Hospital, 1906-1934, consultant in surgery, member of advisory committee, chief of staff, 1920-1926.
Visiting surgeon Flower Hospital, 1911-1920.
Medical consultant General Motors Corporation, 1935-1949. Became resident lecturer School Public Health, University of Michigan, 1949. Consultant Institute Industrial Health, from 1950.
Commissioner of health, 1916-1918, member Charter Commission, 1928-1929, Recreation Commission, 1932-1934 (all Toledo).
Consultant hygienist United States Public Health Service, 1918-1919, surgeon (reserve), 1919-1929, consultant division industrial hygiene and member of advisory health council, 1940-1946. Chairman subcommittee on industrial health and medicine Office of Defense Health and Welfare Service, Office of Emergency Management, 1940-1942.
Secretary health service sect, National Security Council, 1919. Member conference board Physicians in Industry, from 1938.
Chairman of Commission industrial health and medicine, National Research Council, 1942-1946.
Member conference board Physicians in Industry, from 1938. American College of Surgeons fellow, American Medical Association (secretary section preventive medicine public health and industrial medicine, 1920, chairman 1940-1941, chairman 1940-1941, chairman Ohio commission on hospitals 1921-1923. Member Michigan, Saint Clair County medical societies, Ohio Medical Association (secretary-treasurer 1908-1918, president 1925), Academy Medicine Toledo and Lucas County, Toledo Hospital Council (president 1932), Ohio (president 1923), Toledo (president 1922-1928) public health associations, Nu Sigma Nu.
Mason (32°, Knights Templar, Shriner).
Clubs: Rotary, Elks, Lions (president 1922), High Twelve (Portuguese Huron). Managing editor Ohio State Medical Journal, 1908-1918.
Married Olivia Roberts, October 18, 1905.