Background
Wakefield, Howard was born on August 20, 1892 in Baltimore. Son of Antonio and Elizabeth E. (Brooke) Wakefield.
Wakefield, Howard was born on August 20, 1892 in Baltimore. Son of Antonio and Elizabeth E. (Brooke) Wakefield.
Bachelor of Science, University of Chicago, 1917; Doctor of Medicine Rush Medical College, 1924.
Research associate, University of Chicago, 1917-1922;
anatomy assistant, University of Chicago, 1919-1921;
assistant, then associate department medicine, Rush Medical College, Chicago, 1926-1932;
practice medicine, Chicago, from 1924;
assistant to Doctor James B. Herrick, 1926-1932;
intern, Cook County Hospital, Chicago, 1925-1926;
assistant attending physician, St. Luke's Hospital, Chicago, 1932-1940;
associate attending physician, St. Luke's Hospital, Chicago, 1940-1947;
senior attending physician, St. Luke's Hospital, Chicago, 1947-1956;
department chairman medicine, St. Luke's Hospital, Chicago, from 1956;
consultant physician, St. Luke's Hospital, Chicago, from 1947;
associate professor medicine, University of Illinois, Chicago
chief staff, attending physician, The Old Peoples' Home of the City of Chicago. Former chairman conference committee Graduate Training Internal Medicine in the United States. Former member reviewing committee Homes for the Aged.
Advisor United States Navy, 1917-1919. Former advisory board cardiac division Selective Service System.
Past trustee Sugar Island, Thousand Islands, Ontario, Canada. Fellow Institute Medicine Chicago, American College of Physicians (past governor Northern Illinois, general chairman annual session Chicago 1954, regent, Second vice president, master 1969), American Association for the Advancement of Science. Member American Medical Association, Illinois Medical Association, Chicago Medical Society (vice president 1943-1944, president from 1957, past executive committee), International Society Internal Medicine, Association American Medical Colleges, American Society Tropical Medicine, American Association History of Medicine, American Therapeutic Society (former Second vice president, treasurer), Society Medical History Chicago, American Heart Association, Chicago Heart Association (founder, previously science council), Gerontological Society, North America Yacht Racing Association, American Yachting Association (commodore 1931), Lake Michigan Yachting Association, American Occupational Therapy Association (past medical advisory committee), University Chicago Alumni Association, American Canoe Association (commodore 1931), Sigma Xi, Alpha Omega Alpha, Phi Beta Pi.
Clubs: Chicago Yacht.
Married Thelma Isabel Roach, December 31, 1933. Children: Isabel Elizabeth Wakefield Oppen, Howard R.