Background
Swan, Henry was born on May 27, 1913 in Denver, Colorado, United States. Son of Henry and Carla (Denison) Swan.
Swan, Henry was born on May 27, 1913 in Denver, Colorado, United States. Son of Henry and Carla (Denison) Swan.
AB magna cum laude, Williams College, 1935. Doctor of Science (honorary), Williams College, 1958. Doctor of Medicine cum laude, Harvard University, 1939.
Pathology fellow Colorado General Hospital, Denver, 1939-1940. Intern surgery Peter Bent Brigham Children's Hospital, Boston, 1940-1942. Pathology fellow Children's Hospital, 1942-1943.
Assistant in surgery Harvard Medical School, 1942-1943. From assistant to associate professor surgery University Colorado Medical School, 1946-1950, professor surgery, head department surgery, 1950-1961, professor surgery, research, 1963-1982, professor emeritus, from 1985.
With Army of the United States, 1943-1945, European Theatre of Operations. Member American College of Surgeons, American Medical Association (Gold medal for original research 1955), American Association for the Advancement of Science, Academy Surgical Research (medallion for experimental surgery 1996), American Surgical Association, American Association Thoracic Surgery, Society for Cryobiology, Society University Surgeons, Society Vascular Surgery, Halsted Society, Surgery Biology Club, Central Surgical Association, Western Surgical Association, International Cardiovasc. Society, International Society Surgery, Association Surgery Costa Rica, Society Surgeons Chile, Society Cardiology Chile, Society Pediatrics Mexico, Denver Academy Surgery, Denver Clinical and Pathological Society, Phi Beta Kappa, Alpha Omega Alpha.
Married Mary Fletcher Wardwell, June 25, 1937 (divorced January 25, 1964). Children: Edith, Henry, Gretchen. Married Geraldine Morris Fairchild, March 21, 1964.