Background
Wentworth, Edward Tubbs was born on December 24, 1884 in Dagus Mines, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of Russell Allen and Elizabeth Atherton (Tubbs) Wentworth.
Wentworth, Edward Tubbs was born on December 24, 1884 in Dagus Mines, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of Russell Allen and Elizabeth Atherton (Tubbs) Wentworth.
Bachelor of Arts, Harvard, 1909, Doctor of Medicine 1913.
Practiced as orthopedic surgeon, Rochester, New York, SINCE 1920. Chief of orthopedic service Rochester General Hospital, 1937-1944. Consultant in orthopedic surgery at University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry and Rochester General Hospital Active in the formation of Rochester Hospital insurance plan and medical service insurance for City of Rochester.
Commissioned First lieutenant Medical Reserve Corps, July 1916.
Served in active duty, United States Army, as orthopedist, at Camp Pike, Arkansas, and with American Expeditionary Forces, Base Hospital Northern 19, 1917-1919. Discharge as major; commissioned lieutenant colonel, Medical corpus, United States army Reserve, 1924, colonel, 1939, retired.
Active duty United States Army, commanding officer General Hospital Northern 19, July 1942-October 1945 at four sites in England and France. Diplomate of American Board of Orthopedic Surgery.
Fellow American College Surgeons, American Academy Orthopedic Surgeons, American Medical Association. Member Rochester Academy of Medicine (past president). Clubs: University (Rochester).
Married Bertha Emily Pilsbury, September 18, 1911. Children: Ruth Pilsbury, Paul Roberts, Edward Tubbs.