Edith Petrie Brown

Background

Brown, Edith Petrie was born on June 7, 1900 in Conneaut Lake, Pennsylvania, United States. Daughter of William and Hattie Elnina (Shontz) Petrie.

Education

Bachelor of Science with honors, Westminster College, New Wilmington, Pennsylvania, 1923. DH, Westminster College, 1963. Doctor of Medicine with distinction, George Washington University, 1927.

Career

Intern, Grace Hospital, Detroit, 1927-1928; pediatric resident, Children's Hospital, Washington, 1929; assistant physician, Rochester (Minnesota) Eastern State Hospital, 1929; resident physician, Sunny Acres Tuberculosis Sanatorium, Warrensville, Ohio., 1929-1931; private practice, Bedford, Ohio., 1937-1963. Secretary staff Bedford Municipal Hospital 1945-1951, chief staff, 1954-1960. Vice chief staff Woman's Hospital, Cleveland, 1947-1948, 55-56.

Executive Committee Bedford Community Hospital Corporation, 1957-1963. Physician, field representative Joint Commision on Accreditation Hospitals, 1964-1968. Staff member Sage Memorial Hospital, Ganado, Arizona, 1968-1969, Pima County Hospital, Southern Arizona Mental Health Center, 1969-1970, Carl Hayden Community Hospital, 1970.

Organizer, administrator measles immunization program in Kenya, 1971. Staff Christian Memorial Hospital, Sialkot, Pakistan, 1971-1985, Tumu Tumu Hospital, Kenya, 1972. Medical group mission Chr.

Medical Society to Liberia, 1974. Contract physician Newton CountyMed. Center, Jasper, Arkansas, 1874-1885.

Achievements

• Edith Petrie Brown has been listed as a noteworthy physician by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Member Corporation Cleveland Center on Alcoholism. Honorary member governing board Woman's Hospital, Cleveland. Fellow Academy Psychosomatic Medicine, American Academy Family Practice.

Member Association American Physicians and Surgeons, American Physicians Art Association, American Medical Association, American Medical Women's Association (branch president 1943-1944. National president 1962, founder, president Tucson branch 1970), Arizona Academy General Practice, George Washington University Medical Society, American Heart Association, Cleveland Academy Medicine, Ohio Medical Association, Christian Medical Society, Medical Women's International Association, International Platform Association, World Medical Association, Bedford History Society (charter member), National Council on Alcoholism, United World Federalists, International Society Christian Endeavor, National Resuscitation Society, Cleveland Museum Art, Cleveland Health Museum (life member), Zonta International.

Connections

Married William H. Brown, Sept 13, 1928. Children: Margaret Elizabeth (Mistress John Fleming), William Stanley.

Father:

William Petrie

Mother:

Hattie Elnina (Shontz) Petrie

Spouse:

William H. Brown

child:

William Stanley Brown

child:

Margaret Elizabeth Brown (Mistress John Fleming)