Background
Yount,, Ernest Harshaw was born on February 23, 1919 in Lincolnton, North Carolina, United States. Son of Ernest H. and Marguerite (Smith) Yount.
Yount,, Ernest Harshaw was born on February 23, 1919 in Lincolnton, North Carolina, United States. Son of Ernest H. and Marguerite (Smith) Yount.
Bachelor of Arts North Carolina, 1940. Doctor of Medicine, Vanderbilt University, 1943. Postgraduate student, University Chicago, 1948.
Instructor medicine Bowman Gray School Medicine, Wake Forest University, 1948-1950, assistant professor, 1950-1952, associate professor, 1952-1953, professor medicine, 1953-1985, professor emeritus medicine, from 1985, chairman department, 1952-1972.
Fellow American College of Physicians. Member Phi Beta Kappa, Sigma Xi, Alpha Omega Alpha.
Married Betty Lindsay Shuford, June 8, 1942. Children: Ernest H. III, Peter Shuford, Martha Lindsay.