Gray Huntington Twombly

Background

Twombly, Gray Huntington was born on April 27, 1905 in Newton, Massachusetts, United States. Son of Clifford Gray and Edith (Balch) Twombly.

Education

Bachelor of Arts, Franklin & Marshall College, 1925; Doctor of Science honorary, Franklin & Marshall College, 1949; Doctor of Medicine Harvard University, 1929.

Career

Surgical intern, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, 1930-1932; assistant resident, Free Hospital for Women, Brookline, Massachusetts, 1932; intern, fellow, resident, Memorial Hospital, New York City, 1933-1937; clinical assistant, assistant surgeon, Meml Hospital, New York City, 1937-1948; assistant professor cancer research, Columbia University, New York City, 1942-1948; assistant professor obstetrics-gynecology, Columbia University, New York City, 1948-1954; professor gynecology, School Medicine, New York University, New York City, 1954-1973; assistant attending gynecologist, Delafield Hospital, New York City, 1950-1954; visiting gynecologist, Bellevue Hospital, New York City, 1954-1981; associate director gynecology, University Hospital, New York City, 1954-1970; consultant, hospitals in New York, New Jersey, Connecticut, 1937-1981.

Achievements

• Gray Huntington Twombly has been listed as a noteworthy gynecologist, consultant by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Member Board deacons Riverside Church, New York City, 1946-1956. Member, clerk Chocorua Chapel Association, Squam Lake, New Hampshire, 1967-1981. Member, president Tramp & Trail Club of New York, New York, 1935-1981.

Member advisory committee Planned Parenthood. Founding member, president Manhattanville Neighborhood Center, New York City, 1946-1948. Fellow American Gynecological Society, American Radium Society (vice president 1959-1961), Society Pelvic Surgeons (president 1971).

Member American Cancer Society (president New York City division 1964-1966 Distinguished Service award), Am Cancer Society (life), New York Cancer Society (president 1955-1956), Phi Beta Kappa, Alpha Omega Alpha Clubs: Century Association.

Connections

Married Mary Forester Field, March 22, 1934 (deceased January 10, 1989). Children: Robert Gray, Helen Field Twombly Watkins, Edith Balch Twombly Eddy. Married Margaret Olmsted Ford, October 28, 1989.

Father:

Clifford Gray Twombly

Mother:

Edith (Balch) Twombly

Spouse:

Margaret Olmsted Ford

Spouse:

Mary Forester Field

child:

Edith Balch Twombly Eddy Twombly

child:

Robert Gray Twombly

child:

Helen Field Twombly Watkins Twombly