Background
Means, James Howard was born on June 24, 1885 in Dorchester, Massachusetts, United States. Son of James and Helen Goodell (Farnsworth) Means.
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James Howard Means
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Preparatory education, Noble and Greenough’s School, Boston. Special student in biology and chemistry, Massachusetts Institute Technology, 1902-1903. Bachelor of Arts, Harvard, 1907, Doctor of Medicine 1911, H.P. Walcott fellow 1913-1916.
Career
1 son, James; married second Carol Lord Butler, February 17, 1951. Interne, Massachusetts General Hospital, 1911-1913. Teaching fellow medical Harvard Medical School, 1916-1918, instructor in medicine, 1919-1921, assistant professor medicine, 1921-1924, Jackson professor clinical medicine, 1924-1951.
Jackson professor clinmedicine emeritus since 1951, associate in medicine.
Massachusetts General Hospital, 1917-1924, chief of medical services, 1924-1951. Physician Massachusetts Institute Technology, 1951-1957.
Consultant social medicine Moniefiore Hospital, New York City.
Achievements
Membership
Member national advisory health council United States Public Health Service, 1952-1956. Member of faculty U. Cuyo (Argentina). Served with Medical corpus, United States army, advancing to major, 1917-1919.
Fellow Royal Society Medicine (London) (honorary), American College Physicians (president 1937-1938).
Member Argentine Association for Endocrinology and Nutrition. Member National Academy Medicine of Buenos Aires, Gorgas Memorial Institute, Tropical and Preventive Medical.
Clubs: Harvard, Somerset (Boston).
Connections
Married Marian Jeffries, January 11, 1915 (died February 1950). Married second Carol Lord Butler, February 17, 1951.
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Resting place
Buried Boston. -
Nationality
American