Background
Stander, Henricus Johannes was born on June 21, 1894 in Georgetown, Cape Colony, South Africa. Son of Frans Sebastian and Catherine (Visser) Stander.
Stander, Henricus Johannes was born on June 21, 1894 in Georgetown, Cape Colony, South Africa. Son of Frans Sebastian and Catherine (Visser) Stander.
Student South. African College, Capetown. 1911-1913, Harvard, 1913-1914. Master of Science, University of Arizona, 1916.
Doctor of Medicine Yale, 1921.
Honorary Doctor of Medicine Trinity, Dublin, 1947.
Chemist, 1916-1922; practice of medicine since 1922. Associate in obstetrics, Johns Hopkins, 1922-1927, associate professor, 1927-1929. Professor obstetrics and gynecology, Cornell Univercity, since 1929.
Obstetrician and gynecologist in chief, New York Hospital.
Director New York Lying-In Hospital.
Fellow American College Surgeons, American Gynecological Society. Member of New York Obstetrical Society, Academy Science and Medicine, Havana, Cuba, Phi Kappa Phi, Sigma Xi, Nu Sigma Nu. Member Dutch Reformed Church.
Clubs: Yale, Scarsdale Golf.
Married Florence Mary Leigh Creelman, September 12, 1927. Children: Robert Angus, Catherine Leigh, Henry John, Margaret Florence.