Background
Mckay, Hamilton Witherspoon was born on September 10, 1885 in Sumter, South Carolina, United States. Son of Wilson James and Sarah Knox (Witherspoon) Mckay.
Mckay, Hamilton Witherspoon was born on September 10, 1885 in Sumter, South Carolina, United States. Son of Wilson James and Sarah Knox (Witherspoon) Mckay.
Student Kings Mountain Military Academy, 1899-1902. Bachelor of Science, Davidson (North Carolina) College, 1906. Doctor of Medicine Jefferson Medical College, Philadelphia, 1910.
Intern Presbyterian Hospital, Philadelphia, 1910-1912, Willard Parker Hospital, New York City, 1912. Professor physical diagnosis, North Carolina Medical College, 1913-1917, post graduate work, Sorbonne, Paris, 1919. Assistant urological surgeon Crowell Clinic of Urology and Dermatology, Charlotte, North Carolina, 1919-1928.
Member staff Presbyterian Hospital, Charlotte Memorial Hospital, Good Samaritan Hospital, Charlotte.
An organizer and chairman of Medical Advisory Council of Charlotte Memorial Hospital, Incorporated., 1947.
Member staff Presbyterian Hospital, Charlotte Memorial Hospital, Good Samaritan Hospital, Charlotte. An organizer and chairman of Medical Advisory Council of Charlotte Memorial Hospital, Incorporated., 1947. Member directors Chamber of Commerce, Charlotte Community Chest.
Served as major Medical corpus, United States army, 1919.
Member Board Medical Examiners for North Carolina, 1931-1938, president 1936. Member of the board of directors and Executive Committee Davidson College.
Diplomate American Board Urology. Member Mecklenburg County Medical Society (ex-president), Seventh District Medical Society, North Carolina Medical Association, North Carolina Urological Association (ex-president), Tri-State Medical Society, Southern Medical Association (ex-chairman secretary on urology, chairman council, 1st vice president 1948, president, 1949-1950).
Member Southeastern Surgical Congress.
Member of the board of trustees Union Theological Seminary, Richmond, Virginia. Clubs: Rotary (president 1926-1927), Charlotte Country, Charlotte City (Charlotte).
Married Katherine West. Whitner, November 15, 1923. Children: Katherine R. West., Hamilton Witherspoon.