Background
Park, Edwards Albert was born on December 30, 1877 in Gloversville, New York, United States. Son of William Edwards and Sara Billings (Edwards) Park.
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Edwards Albert Park
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Graduate Phillips Academy, Andover, Massachusetts, 1896. Bachelor of Arts, Yale, 1900, honorary Master of Arts, 1922. Doctor of Medicine College Physicians and Surgeons (Columbia), New York City, 1905.
Honorary Doctor of Science, University of Rochester, 1936.
Career
Interne, Roosevelt Hospital, New York City, 1906-1908, New York Foundling Hospital, 1908-1909. Proudfit fellow in medicine and instructor in medicine, College Physicians and Surgeons, 1909-1912. Instructor in pediatrics, Johns Hopkins, 1912-1915, associate professor, 1915-1921.
Sterling professor pediatrics, Yale School Medicine, 1921-1927.
Professor pediatrics, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine and pediatrician Johns Hopkins Hospital, 1927-1946. Professor pediatrics emeritus, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, from 1946.
Editor Excerpta Medica, Revue Francaise de Pediatrie. Jahrbuch fur Kinderheilkunde, Major American Red Cross, World War.
Achievements
Membership
Member Association of America Physicians, American Pediatric Society, Academy of Pediatrics, Society Clinical Investigation, American Association for the Advancement of Science, American Society Experimental Pathology, Society Experimental Biology and Medicine, Interurban Clinical. Club, British Pediatric Association, Alpha Delta Phi.
Connections
Married Agnes Bevan, August 2, 1913. Children: Sara Bevan, Charles Rawlinson, David Chapman.
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Resting place
Buried Margaree Valley, Cape Becton, Nova Scotia Canada -
Nationality
American
Awards
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Decorated Order of Leopold (Belgium), 1919. Reconnaissance Francaise (France), 1919. Contributor on rickets, deformities of the skull, physiology of the thymus gland.Decorated Order of Leopold (Belgium), 1919. Reconnaissance Francaise (France), 1919. Contributor on rickets, deformities of the skull, physiology of the thymus gland.