Background
Elkin, Daniel Collier was born on March 26, 1893 in Louisville, Kentucky, United States. Son of Robert and Roberta (Collier) Elkin.
Elkin, Daniel Collier was born on March 26, 1893 in Louisville, Kentucky, United States. Son of Robert and Roberta (Collier) Elkin.
Bachelor of Arts, Yale, 1916. Doctor of Medicine Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia., 1920. Doctor of Science, Northwestern University, 1952.
Doctor of Science (honorary), Centre College, 1956.
1 son, Daniel C. Intern and resident surgeon, Peter Bent Brigham Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, 1920-1924. Assistant in surgery, Harvard, 1924. Whitehead professor of surgery, Emory University, 1929-1955, now emeritus.
Member of the board of trustees University Kentucky. Served as colonel Medical Corps, Army of the United States, unit director 43d General Hospital, 1941, chief of surgical service Ashford (West Virginia) General Hospital, 1942-1946. Appointed brigadier general, O.R.C., A.U.S., 1949.
Clubs: Piedmont Driving, Capital City, (Atlanta).
Married Helen McCarty, November 3, 1923.