Background
Lenox, Cora Clinkscales was born on July 20, 1908 in Troy, South Carolina, United States. Daughter of Cleon Curtis and Bertie Louise (Hix) Clinkscales.
Cardiologist educator pediatrician
Lenox, Cora Clinkscales was born on July 20, 1908 in Troy, South Carolina, United States. Daughter of Cleon Curtis and Bertie Louise (Hix) Clinkscales.
Bachelor, Winthrop College, Rockhill, South Carolina, 1929. Doctor of Medicine, West China University, Chengdu, Sichuan, China, 1936. Doctor of Medicine, Woman's Medical College, Philadelphia, 1948.
Intern, West China Union U., Chengdu, Sichuan, 1935-1936;
instructor medicine, West China Union U., Chengdu, Sichuan, 1938-1945;
resident in pediatrics, Children's Hospital Pittsburgh, 1960-1961;
staff in pediatrics, Children's Hospital Pittsburgh, 1968-1978;
emeritus staff, Children's Hospital Pittsburgh, since 1978;
staff in pediatrics, Myers Clinic and Broaddus Hospital, Phillipi, West Virginia, 1946-1964;
from instructor to professor pediatrics, then professor emeritus, U. Pittsburgh School Medicine, 1968-1987;
retired, 1987. Director cardiac outpatient service, 1971-1976. Special work in cardiac morphology, since 1976.
Active in pediatric cardiology, patient care and teaching of cardiology fellows, pediatric house staff and medical students, 1968-1987. Lecturer, demonstrator of cardiac morphology to medical staff, house officers and students, since 1987.
Fellow American Association of University Professors, American Academy Pediatrics, American College Cardiology. Member American Medical Association (council on cardiology disease in the young), American Hospital Association, Western Pennsylvania Heart Association, Allegheny County Medical Society, Pennsylvania Medical Society, Pittsburgh Pediatric Society, Mended Hearts, Inc. (national advisory council 1977-1980).
Married John E. Lenox. Children: Marilyn, Jacquelyn, Don Allyn.