Background
Sofield, Harold Augustus was born on March 27, 1900 in Jersey city. Son of David and Elvaretta (Brown) Sofield.
Sofield, Harold Augustus was born on March 27, 1900 in Jersey city. Son of David and Elvaretta (Brown) Sofield.
Student, Columbia, 1923. Doctor of Medicine, Northwestern University, 1928.
Intern San Francisco Hospital, 1927-1928. Resident Shriners Hospital for Crippled Children, Chicago, 1928-1930, resident orthopedic surgery, 1928-1935, chief surgeon, 1944-1965, emeritus, 1965-1987. Chief consultant orthopedic surgery VA for, Illinois, Indiana and Wisconsin, from 1946.
Senior consultant orthopedic surgery Veterans Administration Hospital, Hines, Illinois. Staff orthopedic surgery West Surburban Hospital, director surgical education. Past chairman, life trustee.
Staff Gottlieb Memorial Hospital, Melrose Park, Illinois. Associate professor department orthopedic surgery Northwestern University, 1946-1950, professor, 1950-1968, emeritus professor, 1968-1987. Consultant Norwegian American, DuPage County Memorial, Westlake Community hospitals.
Special consultant lecturer United States Army hospitals in, Europe, 1955. Representative advisory committee on physical therapy education Council on Medical Education and Hospital. Secretary-treasurer, co-founder Orthopaedic Research and Education Foundation.
Past chairman section orthopedic surgery National Research Council, Washington. Treasurer Public Health Study and Survey Commission Illinois. Chief consultant orthopedic surgery to S. Pacific Theatre.
Past chairman board trustees Easter Seal Research Foundation. Trustee Lincoln (Illinois) Academy. Past chairman executive committee orthopedics overseas division Medico-Cooperative American Relief Everywhere.
Past medical advisory university senate Northwestern University Served with United States Navy, World War I. Served as colonel Medical Corps Army of the United States, World World War World War II. American College of Surgeons fellow, British Orthopaedic Association (honorary).
Member American Medical Association (Sheen award 1981), Association Military Surgeons United States, Clinical, Chicago Orthopedic Society (past president), American Orthopedic Association (past secretary-treasurer), Illinois State medical society (past vice president), Chicago medical society, past president, Public Service award 1980), Illinois Association for Crippled children, Chicago Institute Medicine, American Academy Orthopaedic Surgeons (president 1959), Society Medical Consultant to Armed Forces, Orthopaedic Research Society, Australian Orthopaedic Association (correspondent), International Society Orthopaedic Surgery, American Retired Physicians Association (secretary-treasurer 1976-1980), American Legion, Association Bone and Joint Surgeons (honorary), Society Orthopaedic Surgeons of Chile (honorary), Latin American Society Orthopaedic Surgery and Traumatology (honorary), Academia National de Medicina of Brazil (honorary), Beta Theta Pi. Clubs: Mason (33 degree, Shriner, Jester, Red Cross of Constantine), Loyal Order of Boar, Oak Park (Illinois) Country.
Married Ruth Robinson, April 19, 1934. Children– David, Julie (Mistress Otis Tholander).