Background
Langston, Hiram Thomas was born on January 12, 1912 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Son of Alva B. and Louise F. (Diuguid) Langston.
Langston, Hiram Thomas was born on January 12, 1912 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Son of Alva B. and Louise F. (Diuguid) Langston.
Student, Collegio Batista, Rio de Janeiro, 1928. Student, Georgetown College, Kentucky, 1929. Bachelor of Arts Louisville, 1930.
Doctor of Medicine, University Louisville, 1934. Master of Science in Surgery, University Michigan, 1941.
Intern, Garfield Memorial Hospital, Washington, 1934-1935;
resident pathology, Garfield Memorial Hospital, Washington, 1935-1937;
assistant resident surgery, University Hospital, Ann Arbor, Michigan, 1937-1938;
resident surgery, University Hospital, Ann Arbor, Michigan, 1938-1939;
resident thoracic surgery, University Hospital, Ann Arbor, Michigan, 1939-1940;
instructor thoracic surgery, Medical School, 1940-1941;
private practice, also associate surgery, Northwestern University, 1941-1942;
assistant professor surgery, Northwestern University, 1946-1948;
private practice thoracic surgery, Detroit
also clinical professor surgery, Wayne U., 1948-1952;
clinical associate professor surgery, University of Illinois, Chicago, 1952-1962;
clinical professor surgery, University of Illinois, Chicago, 1963-1978;
clinical professor surgery, Northwestern University, Chicago, 1978-1981;
professor emeritus, Northwestern University, Chicago, 1981-1992. Chief surgeon Chicago Tuberculosis Sanitarium, 1952-1971. Consultant thoracic surgery VAHosp., Hines, Illinois, 1952-1974.
Member of staff St. Joseph's Hospital, department chairman surgery, 1978-1982, member of staff emeritus, 1982-1992. Member of staff Grant Hospital.
Served with Medical Corps Army of the United States, 1942-1946. Fellow American College of Surgeons, Illinois Thoracic Surgical Society (honorary). Member American Medical Association, Illinois Medical Society, Chicago Medical Society, American Surgical Association, Illinois Surgical Society, Chicago Surgical Society, Pan-Pacific Surgical Association, Western Surgical Association, Center Surgical Association, American Association Thoracic Surgery (president 1969-1970), Society Thoracic Surgeons, Western Thoracic Surgical Association (honorary), American College Chest Physicians, Theta Kappa Psi, Alpha Omega Alpha.
Married Helen M. Orth, June 22, 1941. Children: Paula F., Thomas O., Carol E.