Background
Wright, Irving Sherwood was born on October 27, 1901 in New York City. Son of Harry J. and Cora Ann (Hassett) Wright.
Wright, Irving Sherwood was born on October 27, 1901 in New York City. Son of Harry J. and Cora Ann (Hassett) Wright.
Bachelor of Arts, Cornell Univercity, 1923; Doctor of Medicine Cornell Univercity, 1926.
Intern, New York Post Graduate Medical school and Hospital of Columbia, 1927-1929;
assistant and associate visiting physician, New York Post Graduate Medical school and Hospital of Columbia, 1929-1939;
professor clinical medicine, director and Executive officer department medicine, New York Post Graduate Medical school and Hospital of Columbia, 1939-1946;
assistant physician, Bellevue Hospital (Cornell Division), 1931-1934;
associate, Bellevue Hospital (Cornell Division), 1934-1937;
associate professor, Cornell Medical College and associate attending physician New York Hospital, 1946-1948;
professor clinical medicine, Cornell Medical College, 1948-1968;
emeritus clinical professor, Cornell Medical College, 1968-1997;
attending physician, Drs. Hospital, New York City, 1934-1980;
attending physician, New York Hospital, 1948-1980;
investigator, into biomedical problems of aging
honorary staff department medicine, New York Hospital, 1980-1997. Physician Metropolitan Opera, 1935-1962.
Director medicine Cornell Division) Welfare Hospital Chronic Disease, 1937-1940 (1st president its medical board 1937-1939), consultant physician, 1940-1946. Consultant to Orange Memorial Hospital, East Orange, New Jersey, Monmouth Memorial Hospital, Long Branch, New Jersey, Hackensack (New Jersey) Hospital, Mount Vernon (New York) Hospital. Chief of medical service Army and Navy General Hospital, Hot Springs (Arkansas) National Park, 1942-1943.
Consultant in medicine United States Army, 6th Service Command, 1944-1945, 9th Service Command, 1945. Coordinator health survey American prisoners of war from Far East, 1945. Chairman International Committee on Blood Clotting Factors, 1954-1963, secretary general, 1963-1968.
Chairman of Commission on cerebral vascular diseases National Institutes of Health, 1961-1965. Member President's Comm. Heart Disease, Cancer and Stroke, 1966-1968.
National chairman Commission Heart Disease Resources, 1968-1976.
Chairman Josiah Macy, Junior Foundation Conference Blood Clotting, 1947-1952. Trustee Cornell University, 1960-1965. Served as lieutenant Commander United States Naval Reserve, 1935-1939.
Lieutenant colonel to colonel Army of the United States, 1942-1946. Civilian consultant in medicine to surgeon general United States Army, 1946-1974. Member civilian advisory committee to secretary navy, 1946-1947.
Fellow Royal College Physicians (London), American College of Physicians (regent, president 1965-1966, president emeritus 1987-1997), Academy Medicine (chairman geriatrics section 1976-1979, outstanding Contributions to Science and Medicine award medal 1986). Member American Association Physicians, American Medical Association (chairman section experimental medical and therapeutics 1939-1940), American Heart Association (chairman section for study peripheral circulation 1939-1940, member executive committee, board directors 1935-1957, president 1952-1953, member National Advisory Heart Council 1954-1958, 60-61), Cornell University Medical College Alumni Association (pres 1953), National Research Council (sub-committee cardiovascular diseases 1947-1951), American Society Clinical Investigation, Society Experimental Biology and Medicine, New York Academy of Sciences, American Geriatrics Society (president 1971-1972, Henderson award 1970, Thewlis award 1974), American Federation for Aging Research (founding president 1980-1986, AFAR Distinction award 1987), Harvey Society, Sigma Xi, Alpha Omega Alpha. Correspondent member of Academy Columbian de Ciencas Exactas Fisico-Quimicas Y Naturales (Bogota).
Honorary member Royal Society Medicine of London, medical societies Brazil, Chile, Peru, Argentina, Cuba, Switzerland, Sweden and Union of the Soviet Socialist Republics. Also honorary faculty of University Chile. Club: St. Nicholas Society (New York ).
Married Grace Mansfield Demarest, October 15, 1927. Children: Barbara Mansfield, Alison Sherwood. Married Lois Elliman Findlay, October 31, 1953.