Background
Pressly, Claude Lowry was born on July 13, 1916 in Statesville, North Carolina, United States. Son of James Hearst and Julia Mabel (Lowry) Pressly.
Pressly, Claude Lowry was born on July 13, 1916 in Statesville, North Carolina, United States. Son of James Hearst and Julia Mabel (Lowry) Pressly.
Bachelor, Erskine College, Due West, South Carolina, 1938. Doctor of Medicine, University Pennsylvania, 1943.
Intern Pennsylvania Hospital, Philadelphia, 1943, resident surgery, 1944—1945, 1947—1948, Memorial Hospital, New York City, 1948—1949. Private practice Charlotte, North Carolina, from 1950. Past president staff Presbyterian Hospital, Mercy Hospital, Charlotte Memorial Hospital.
Served to captain Medical Corps United States Army, 1945-1947.
Member of American College of Surgeons, American College Chest Physicians, Society Surgical Oncology.
Married Margaret Amelie Mechlin, February 5, 1949. Children: Amelie, Sara, Margaret.