Background
Gardner, George Henry was born on August 18, 1897 in Osborn, Ohio, United States. Son of Clarence E. and Ana Mae (Startzman) Gardner.
Gardner, George Henry was born on August 18, 1897 in Osborn, Ohio, United States. Son of Clarence E. and Ana Mae (Startzman) Gardner.
Graduate, Wittenberg Academy, Springfield, Ohio, 1913. AB, Wittenberg College, 1917. Doctor of Medicine, Johns Hopkins University, 1921.
Intern, assistant resident, resident in gynecology, Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore, 1921-1926; practiced in Chicago, specializing in gynecology, from 1926; from clinical assistant to professor obstetrics and gynecology, Northwestern University Medical School, from 1927; department chairman obstetrics and gynecology, Northwestern University Medical School, from 1947; assistant dean, Northwestern University Medical School, 1943-1949; attending gynecologist, Passavant Memorial Hospital, 1929-1945; department chairman obstetrics and gynecology, Chicago Wesley Memorial Hospital, from 1946.
Served with United States Navy, 1918-1919. Fellow American College of Surgeons (life), American Gynecological Society (president 1962-1963). Member American Medical Association, American College Obstetricians and Gynecologists, Institute Medicine, Illinois State Medical Society, Chicago Medical Society, Chicago Gynecological Society, Johns Hopkins Surgical Society, American Association Obstetricians and Gynecologists, Phi Gamma Delta.
Married Marion E. Nelson, May 31, 1924. Children: George Henry (deceased), Elizabeth Ann, Mary Louise.