Background
Hudson, Ellis Herndon was born on June 17, 1890 in Osaka, Japan. Son of George Gary and Delia Ann (Herndon) Hudson.
Hudson, Ellis Herndon was born on June 17, 1890 in Osaka, Japan. Son of George Gary and Delia Ann (Herndon) Hudson.
Student, James Millikin University, 1911. Doctor of Medicine, University Pennsylvania, 1919. Diploma in tropical medicine and hygiene, London School Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, 1937.
Instructor, American U., Beirut, 1911-1914; instructor, Blackburn College, Carlinville, Illinois, 1914-1915; founder, Presbyterian Medical Center, Deir-ez-Zor, Syrian Arab Republic, 1924-1936; member of staff, Clifton Springs (New York) Sanitarium, 1937-1939; community physician, Norris, Tennessee, 1939-1940; director Health Svc., professor hygiene, Ohio U., Athens, 1940-1955; professor emeritus, Ohio U., Athens, from 1955. Director bejel-syphillis project World Health Organization, Iraq, 1950-1951.
Private armed forces, 1917-1918, captain Medical Corps, United States Naval Reserve, 1942-1946. Fellow American College of Physicians, American Association for the Advancement of Science, American Society Tropical Medicine. Member Sigma Xi, Alpha Omega Alpha, Sigma Alpha Epsilon, Alpha Kappa Kappa.
Married Mary Bruce Young, July 2, 1921. Children: Bruce Herndon, Elspeth Gary.