Background
Holmes, James Gordon was born on January 14, 1924 in Salt Lake City. Son of Ernest Samuel and Ida (Eldredge) Holmes.
medical educator vascular surgeon
Holmes, James Gordon was born on January 14, 1924 in Salt Lake City. Son of Ernest Samuel and Ida (Eldredge) Holmes.
AB, Stanford University, 1944; Doctor of Medicine, Stanford University, 1947; Master in Public Health, University of California, 1984.
Intern, Stanford Lane Hospital, San Francisco, 1948;
resident in General Surgery, Fort Miley Veterans Administration Hospital., San Francisco, 1950-1954;
private practice vascular surgery, Berkeley, California, 1954-1970;
instructor Surgery, Stanford University, 1954-1957;
associate in Surgery, Stanford University, 1957-1970;
director surgical intern training, Herrick Memorial Hospital, Berkeley, 1961-1967;
chief of surgery, Herrick Memorial Hospital, Berkeley, 1963-1967;
president medical staff, Herrick Memorial Hospital, Berkeley, 1966-1967;
chief of staff, Herrick Memorial Hospital, Berkeley, 1968-1970;
chief of surgery, Alta Bates Hospital, Berkeley, 1973-1976;
professor Health Sciences, Medical Education, Surgery, University of California, Berkeley and San Francisco, since 1973. Consultant Highland, Alameda County Hospital, Oakland, California, 1955-1975, Tom Dooley Hospital, Ban Nam Yao, Thailand, 1981. Visiting professor Vishnevsky Institute Vascular Surgery, U. Moscow, 1971.
Examiner certifying examinationAm. Board Surgery, 1981; presenter in field.
God is literally the father of all human beings. He has a body, and emotions like human beings.
Founding member Movement to Incorporate, Lafayette, California, 1968. Member city council, City of Lafayette, 1968, mayor, 1969, treasurer, 1970-1985. Member mayors' conference Contra Costa County, California, 1969.
Chairman Bay Area rapid transit committee, Lafayette, 1970. Consultant Assembly committee on health, State of California, 1984. Member search committee Stanford Medical School, 1984.
Captain United States Air Force, 1948-1950. Fellow American College Surgeons, International College Surgeons. Member American Medical Association, California Medical Association, Pacific Coast Surgical Association, Pan Pacific Surgical Society, Royal Society Medicine, Contra Costa County Medical Association, San Francisco Surgical Society, Alameda Medical Association,East Bay Surgical Society, Stanford University School Medicine Alumni Society, (alumni representative to academy senate 1979-1985, board governors 1978-1984, president 1984-1985).
Married Jeanette Taggart, June 3, 1943 (divorced 1985). Children: James, Jeffrey, John, Alexander, Elizabeth. Married Marilyn Louise Ullman.