Background
Dougherty, James was born on July 31, 1926 in Lawrence, Massachusetts, United States. Son of James A. and Maude D. (Dillard) Dougherty.
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James Dougherty
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Education
Bachelor of Science, Trinity College, Hartford, Connecticut, 1950; Doctor of Medicine, Albany Medical College, New York, 1951.
Career
Intern, University of Chicago Clinics, 1951-1952; resident, University of Chicago Clinics, 1951-1956; instructor, University of Chicago Clinics, 1955-1956; chairman division orthopedic surgery, State University of New York, Syracuse, 1958-1960; professor clinical surgery, Albany Medical College, 1960-1996; attending surgeon, Albany Medical College, 1961-1994; chief of staff, Albany Medical College, 1987-1989; professor emeritus, Albany Medical College, since 1996. Trustee Albany Medical Center, 1993-1995. Consultant Subacute Care Alternative Project, Washington.
Achievements
Membership
Member Board Education Ravena-Coeymans-Selkirk Control Schools, Ravena, New York, 1960-1975. Medical director New York Senior Games, 1986-1989. Trustee Schaeffer Memorial Library., 1990-1992, Albany Medical Center, 1993-1995.
Board directors Institute for Study of Aging, since 1990. Served with United States Army, 1944-1946. Fellow American Academy Orthopaedic Surgeons.
Member Crawford Campbell Society (founder, president 1978-1988), University of Chicago Surgical Society, Northeastern Regional Association Sports Medicine (chairman 1984-1989), Albany Medical College Alumni Association (trustee since 1990, president 1994-1996, Meritorious Svc. award 1996), Internat.Platform Association, Senior and Retired Physicians' Association of Lee County Florida (founder, president 1997-1998), Alpha Omega Alpha, Sigma Psi, Sigma Nu.
Connections
Married Marilyn Hays (deceased). Married Rita Buchman. Children: James (deceased), Charles, Janice, Jonathan, Christopher.
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Religion
Presbyterian