Background
Roth, James Luther Aumont was born on March 8, 1917 in Milwaukee. Son of Paul Wagner and Rose Marie (Schulzke) Roth.
Roth, James Luther Aumont was born on March 8, 1917 in Milwaukee. Son of Paul Wagner and Rose Marie (Schulzke) Roth.
Bachelor of Arts, Carthage College, 1938; Honorary Doctor of Science, Carthage College, 1957; Master of Arts, University Illinois, 1939; Doctor of Medicine Northwestern University, 1944; Doctor of Philosophy, Northwestern University, 1945.
Intern, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, 1944-1945; resident, (Graduate Hospital), 1945-1946, 49-50; resident, Hospital University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, 1948-1949; practice medicine specializing in gastroenterology, Philadelphia, since 1950; instructor physiology, Northwestern University, 1942-1944; instructor division gastroenterology, Graduate School Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, 1950-1952; associate, Graduate School Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, 1952-1954; assistant professor, Graduate School Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, 1954-1956; associate professor, Graduate School Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, 1956-1959; clinical professor gastroenterology, Graduate School Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, 1959-1968; director division, Graduate School Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, 1961-1969; professor clinical medicine, Graduate School Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, since 1968; chief gastroenterology service, Graduate School Medicine, University of Pennsylvania (Graduate Hospital), 1961-1969; director, Institute Gastroenterology, Presbyterian University of Pennsylvania Medical Center, 1965-1985; emeritus professor clinical medicine, University of Pennsylvania, since 1987. Consultant United States Navy, Bethesda, Maryland., 1967-1975, United States Air Force, 1946-1948.
Fellow American College of Physicians. Member American Medical Association, Pan American Medical Association, New York Academy of Sciences, American Physiological Society, American Federation Clinical Research, American Gastroenterological Association (chairman admissions committee), American College Gastroenterology (trustee since 1977, chairman graduate education committee 1978-1981, vice president 1981), Bockus International Society Gastroenterology (president 1973-1975), Digestive Disease Federation (director), Union League Philadelphia, Sigma Xi, Alpha Omega Alpha. Honorary member Florida, Colombian, Venezuelian, Dominican Republic societies gastroenterology.
Married Marion S. Main, June 7, 1938 (divorced December 1983). Children– Stephen Andrew, Kristina Marie, Lisa Kathryn. Married Mary Alice Burns, December 30, 1983.