Background
Blasingame, Francis James Levi was born on January 17, 1907 in Hot Springs, Arkansas, United States. Son of John Mitchell Coleman and Lillian Adams (White) Blasingame.
Blasingame, Francis James Levi was born on January 17, 1907 in Hot Springs, Arkansas, United States. Son of John Mitchell Coleman and Lillian Adams (White) Blasingame.
Bachelor of Arts, Univercity Texas, 1929; Doctor of Medicine, University Texas, 1932.
Intern, Henry Ford Hospital, Detroit, 1935-1936;
instructor anatomy, medical branch, University of Texas, 1932-1933;
Adjunct Professor, University of Texas, 1933-1935;
associate professor, University of Texas, 1936-1937;
lecturer anatomy, University of Texas, 1937-1958;
member of staff, Rugeley and Blasingame Clinic-Hospital, Wharton, Texas, 1937-1958. Executive vice president American Medical Association, Chicago, 1958-1968. Consultant to health field Chairman board education Wharton County Junior College.
President state board directors Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Texas.
Fellow American College of Surgeons, American College Healthcare Executives (honorary). Member American Medical Association (trustee), Southwestern Surgical Congress, State Medical Association Texas (president), Masons, Shriners, Rotary, Phi Chi, Alpha Omega Alpha.
Married Dorothy Isbel Rugeley, June 8, 1932. Children— Mary Lillian, Betty Nan, John Chester, Rebecca Louise, James Edward.