Henry Martyn Lemon

Background

Lemon, Henry Martyn was born on December 23, 1915 in Chicago, Illinois, United States. Son of Harvey Brace and Louise (Birkhoff) Lemon.

Education

Bachelor of Science, University Chicago, 1938. Doctor of Medicine cum laude, Harvard University, 1940.

Career

Intern, Billings Hospital, Chicago, 1940-1941; assistant resident medicine, Billings Hospital, 1941-1942; assistant department medicine, University of Chicago, 1942-1943; chief medical resident, University Hospital, Boston, 1946-1948; instructor medicine, Boston University, 1946-1948; assistant professor medicine, Boston University, 1948-1954; associate professor, Boston University, 1954-1961; director Eugene C. Eppley Cancer Institute, U. Nebraska College Medicine, Omaha, 1961-1968; professor internal Medicine, U. Nebraska College Medicine, Omaha, 1961-1986, emeritus professor, since 1986. Consultant internal medicine VA, Boston, Omaha, 1950-1986. Board directors Massachusetts, Nebraska divisions American Cancer Society.

Achievements

• Henry Martyn Lemon has been listed as a noteworthy Physician, educator by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Served to captain Medical Corps United States Army, 1943-1946. Colonel United States Army Reserve. Retired; Fellow American College of Physicians.

Member American Medical Association, American Association Cancer Research, American Society Clinical Oncology, Endocrine Society, Society Surgical Oncology, Central Society Clinical Research, Planned Parenthood Omaha and Council Bluffs (president 1990), Reserve Officers Association, Phi Beta Kappa, Phi Beta Kappa Associates Omaha (president 1985-1987), Sigma Xi (Distinguished Research award University Nebraska chapter 1985), Alpha Omega Alpha Clubs: Rotary.

Connections

Married Harriet Tuxbury Qua, May 3, 1941 (deceased January 1976). Children– Elizabeth Anne Lemon Snell, Harvey Brace, Stanley Moncrief, David Tuxbury, Jennifer Jane Lemon Dewitt. Married Dorothy Campbell, May 28, 1976.

Father:

Harvey Brace Lemon

Mother:

Louise (Birkhoff) Lemon

Spouse:

Dorothy Campbell

Spouse:

Harriet Tuxbury Qua

child:

Stanley Moncrief Lemon

child:

Harvey Brace Lemon

child:

David Tuxbury Lemon

child:

Elizabeth Anne Lemon Snell Lemon

child:

Jennifer Jane Lemon Dewitt Lemon