Dwight Charles Mc Goon

Background

Goon, Dwight Charles Mc was born on March 24, 1925 in Marengo, Iowa, United States. Son of Charles Douglas and Ada Belle (Buhlman) McGoon.

Education

Student, Iowa State University, 1942-1943; student, St. Ambrose College, Davenport, Iowa, 1943-1944; Doctor of Medicine Johns Hopkins University, 1948.

Career

Intern, Johns Hopkins Hospital, 1948-1949; resident in surgery, Johns Hopkins Hospital, 1949-1954; consultant in surgery, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota, since 1957; Stuart W. Harrington professor surgery, Mayo Medical School, 1975-1979.

Achievements

• Dwight Charles Mc Goon has been listed as a noteworthy surgeon, educator by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Served with United States Navy, 1943-1945. With Medical Corps United States Air Force, 1954-1956. Fellow American College of Surgeons.

Member American Association Thoracic Surgery (president 1983-1984), American College Cardiology (trustee 1979-1983), American Surgical Association, Society Clinical Surgery, Society University Surgeons, Johns Hopkins Society Scholars, Phi Beta Kappa, Alpha Omega Alpha.

Connections

Married Betty Lou Hall, April 2, 1948. Children: Michael, Susan, Betsy, Sarah.

Father:

Charles Douglas McGoon

Mother:

Ada Belle (Buhlman) McGoon

Spouse:

Betty Lou Hall

child:

Susan Goon

child:

Betsy Goon

child:

Michael Goon

child:

Sarah Goon