Background
Wilson, Frank Elmore was born on January 29, 1909 in Knoxville, Tennessee, United States. Son of Audley Rhea and Edna Lewis (Moore) Wilson.
medical administrator physician
Wilson, Frank Elmore was born on January 29, 1909 in Knoxville, Tennessee, United States. Son of Audley Rhea and Edna Lewis (Moore) Wilson.
Doctor of Medicine, University Tennessee, 1933. Master in Public Health, University North Carolina, 1947.
Intern, Baptist Memorial Hospital, Memphis, 1934-1935; private practice medicine, Mooresville, North Carolina, 1935-1938; public health officer, several eastern North Carolina counties, 1939-1941; deputy national medical director, National Headquarters American Red Cross, 1946; national medical director, National Headquarters American Red Cross, 1947-1949; assisted in initial development National Blood Program, National Headquarters American Red Cross, 1946-1947; deputy director Washington office, American Medical Association, 1949-1952; director, American Medical Association, 1952-1955; executive vice president, secretary, Joint Blood Council, 1955-1963; executive director, Association Military Surgeons United States, Washington, 1963-1970; associate member, VA Board Veterans Appeals., Washington, 1970-1975. President army surgeon general's advisory county on research affairs, 1954. Consultant on medical administration Peruvian Government, Lima, 1959.
Director Edgecomb County (North Carolina) Tuberculosis Hospital, 1940. Former chairman Public Health Advisory Council, Washington. Deputy 807th Hospital Center, Vittel, France, 1945, 805th Hospital Center, Washington, 1950.
Participant in atomic bomb testing site, 1957. Colonel United States Army, 1941-1946, European Theatre of Operations. Brigadier general Army of the United States, retired, 1954.
Fellow American Public Health Association, American College Preventive Medicine. Member North Carolina Medical Society (honorary), Southern Medical Association, American Medical Association, Medical Society District of Columbia (chairman committee public health), American Medical Writers Association, American College Preventive Medicine (charter), Society Medical Consultant Armed Forces, Association Military Surgeons United States (vice president editorial board Military Medicine 1950-1970), American Association for the Advancement of Science, Royal Society Health (England), Army and Navy Club, Blinded Vets Association (associate, life), Pentagon Officers Athletic Club, Kiwanis, Rotary (president Mooresville, North Carolina 1936), Alpha Omega Alpha.
Married Esther Hambley, November 28, 1937. Children: Lloyd B., Judy H.