Background
Sanders, George Benton was born on December 28, 1910 in Kingston, Jamaica. Son of George Crittenden and Eleanora Jane (Georges) Sanders.
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George Benton Sanders
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AB, Cornell University, 1932. Doctor of Medicine, Cornell University, 1935.
Career
Resident in surgery Barnes Hospital, St. Louis, 1935-1939. Research fellow in surgery University Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, 1939-1942. Practice medicine, specializing in surgery Louisville, since 1946.
Member faculty University Louisville, since 1947, assistant professor surgery, 1948-1958, clinical professor, since 1958. President medical staff Norton Memorial Infirmary, 1954-1955.
Achievements
Membership
Board directors Kentucky division American Cancer Society, since 1962, president, 1977, recipient Annual award, 1977. Served to lieutenant colonel Medical Corps Army of the United States, 1942-1946, Middle East. American College of Surgeons fellow.
Member Kentucky Medical Association (Aesculapius award 1966), American Medical Association, Southern Surgical Association, Central Surgical Association, Southeastern Surgical Congress, Southern Surgeons Club, Societe Internationale de Chirurgie, Societe Internationale de Chirurgia Gastroenterologica, Society Surgery Alimentary Tract, New York Academy of Sciences, Kentucky Surgical Society, Louisville Surgical Society, Innominate Society, Jefferson County Medical Society Clubs: River Valley, Louisville Country, Wynn-Stay. Hillsboro (Pompano Beach). Southern Surgeons.
Connections
Married Elizabeth Shwab, April 30, 1960. Children by previous marriage– Ann Sanders Houston, George Benton.
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Nationality
American Jamaican -
Religion
Episcopalian -
Political Party
Republican