George Stevenson Sharp

Background

Sharp, George Stevenson was born on April 15, 1901 in Cadiz, Ohio, United States. Son of George Cunningham and Agnes (Stevenson) Sharp.

Education

Doctor of Medicine, Harvard University, 1927.

Career

Intern Montreal General Hospital, 1927-1928. Resident in surgery New York Hospital, 1928-1929. Rockefeller fellow Memorial Hospital, New York City, 1929-1932.

Associate professor surgery University Southern California Medical School, Los Angeles, 1945-1950. Professor oral pathology School Dentistry, 1950-1970. Founder, director Pasadena (California) Foundation for Cancer Research, 1952-1988.

Visiting professor University Mexico, 1940-1988, University Guadalahara, 1940-1988. Director Pasadena Tumor Institute. Honorary professor surgery School Medicine, Athens, Greece, 1962.

Achievements

• George Stevenson Sharp has been listed as a noteworthy surgeon by Marquis Who's Who.

Works

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• book

  • Oral Cancer And Tumors Of The Jaw

    (Foreword By Hayes Martin.)

  • Oral cancer and tumors of the jaws

Membership

Member American College of Surgeons, Ewing Society (president 1942-1945), Head and Neck Sugeons (co-founder), Valley Hunt Club, Overland Club, Flintridge Riding Club (president 1965-1967).

Connections

Married Pauline Casebeer, November 15, 1927 (divorced 1952). Children: George S., Paula Sharp. Married second. Cecilia Retinger.

Father:

George Cunningham Sharp

Mother:

Agnes (Stevenson) Sharp

Spouse:

Pauline Casebeer

Spouse:

second. Cecilia Retinger.

child:

George S. Sharp

child:

Paula Sharp