Background
Acuff, Herbert was born on August 22, 1886 in Washburn, Tennessee, United States. Son of Joel and Sarah Acuff.
Acuff, Herbert was born on August 22, 1886 in Washburn, Tennessee, United States. Son of Joel and Sarah Acuff.
Pharm.G., Kentucky School of Pharmacy, 1911. Doctor of Medicine, University of Louisville Medical School, 1911. Honoris Causa, University of Argentina.
Rose (Mistress Lawrence Barker). In practice at Knoxville, Tennessee. Chief of staff, Saint Mary's Memorial Hospital.
Visiting surgical East Tennessee Baptist Hospital, Knoxville General Hospital, Fort Sanders Hospital, consultant surgeon and chairman operating committee, Beverly Hills Sanatorium.
Chief consultant surgeon of Pruden Coal & Coke Company, surgeon, Southern Railway System. President and surgical director surgery, Acuff Clinic.
Served as major, Medical corpus, United States army, World War I. Member Tennessee Hospital Licensing Board. Member American Goiter Association, American College Chest Physicians (associate), American Cancer Society (board directors, 1945-1946.
Clubs: Civitan (international president 1926-1927), Cherokee Country.
Married Lola Pruden, October 20, 1915.