Edward Folland Skinner

Background

Skinner, Edward Folland was born on September 26, 1909 in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada. Son of Edward Blake and Addie Maude (Large) Skinner.

Education

Bachelor of Science, Detroit City College, now Wayne State University, 1931. Bachelor Medicine, Detroit College Medicine, now Wayne State University, 1935. Doctor of Medicine, Detroit College Medicine, 1936.

Career

Intern, St. Mary's Hospital, Detroit, 1935-1936; chief resident, St. Mary's Hospital, Saginaw, Michigan, 1936-1937; resident, Herman Kiefer Hospital, Detroit, 1937-1939, 42-45; resident in thoracic surgery, Northern Michigan Tuberculosis Sanatorium, Gaylord, 1939-1941; private practice, Memphis, 1945-1972; retired, 1972. Assistant professor surgery, U. Tennessee Medical School, Memphis, 1951-1972. Instructor, Baptist Memorial Hospital School Nursing, 1945-1972, St. Joseph's Hospital School Nursing, 1945-1972.

Consultant, United States Public Health Service, Memphis, 1946-1972.

Achievements

• Edward Folland Skinner has been listed as a noteworthy Thoracic surgeon by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Fellow American College Chest Physicians, American Medical Association. Member American Association Thoracic Surgery, Society Thoracic Surgeons, Memphis Surgical Association, Mid-South Writers Association (president 1986-1989), Writers Guild (founder Memphis section), Memphis Thoracic Society, Forrest City Country Club.

Interests

• Avocations: writing, photography.

Connections

Married Helen Love Draper, November 27, 1935 (deceased 1980). Children: Wendy Skinner Templeton, Terri Skinner Chadwick, Edward D. Married Lois Ellis Walker, May 29, 1984.

Children: James H. Kelley Junior, Anne W. Strand, William C. Walker Junior, Frances Walker McCampbell.

Father:

Edward Blake Skinner

Mother:

Addie Maude (Large) Skinner

Spouse:

Lois Ellis Walker

Spouse:

Helen Love Draper

child:

James H. Kelley Junior Skinner

child:

Edward D. Skinner

child:

Frances Walker McCampbell Skinner

child:

Terri Skinner Chadwick Skinner

child:

William C. Walker Junior Skinner

child:

Anne W. Strand Skinner

child:

Wendy Skinner Templeton Skinner