Background
Stark, Herbert H. was born on August 3, 1922 in Walnut, Kansas, United States. Son of Alvah C. and Letha Lee (Schroyer) Stark.
Stark, Herbert H. was born on August 3, 1922 in Walnut, Kansas, United States. Son of Alvah C. and Letha Lee (Schroyer) Stark.
Student, University Chicago, 1947. Student, DePaul University, 1946. Doctor of Medicine, Loyola University, Chicago, 1951.
Intern St. Francis Hospital, Evanston, Illinois, 1951-1952, resident in surgery, 1952-1953, resident in orthopedic surgery, 1954, Northwestern University, 1954. Practice limited to surgery of hand Los Angeles, from 1958. Member staff California Hospital, Orthopedic Hospital, Los Angeles County General Hospital/U. Southern California Medical Center, Hospital Good Samaritan.
Hand consultant Long Beach Veterans Administration Hospital. Clinical professor surgery (University Southern California). Chief hand clinic Los Angeles Orthopedic Hospital, from 1962.
Professor, chairman division orthopaedic surgery Drew-King Medical Center, Los Angeles, 1985-1989. Member California Medical Advisory Board to Industrial Accident Commission, 1973-1979.
President Little League South Pasadena. Board directors South Pasadena-San Marino Young Men’s Christian Association, since 1963. Finance chairman South Pasadena Tournament Roses Committee Served with United States Navy, 1955-1957.
Member Los Angeles County Medical Society, American Medical Association, American Academy Orthopedic Surgeons, Western Orthopedic Association, California Society Plastic Surgeons, American Society Plastic and Reconstructive Surgeons, American Society Surgery of Hand, American Orthopedic Association, International Society Orthopedic Surgery and Traumatology, Wilson Interburban Club, Twentieth Century Orthopedic Association, California Medical Association Clubs: Los Angeles. Annandale Golf (Pasadena).
Married Dorothy Newman, December 27, 1949. Children– William C., Robert N., Thomas M., John B.