Background
Simonds, James Persons was born on March 19, 1878 in Cleburne, Texas, United States. Son of Richard Harrison and Mary (Persons) Simonds.
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James Persons Simonds
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Bachelor of Arts, Baylor University, 1901, Doctor of Laws, 1951. Doctor of Medicine Rush Medical College, 1907. Doctor P.H., Harvard, 1914.
Doctor of Philosophy, University Chicago, 1923.
Career
Assistant city bacteriologist, Saint Louis, 1907-1908. Director Laboratory Pathology and Bacteriology, Indiana Board Health, 1908-1912. Professor preventive medicine University Texas, 1912-1914.
Associate professor pathology Northwestern University Medical School, 1914-1922.
Professor, head department, 1922-1943, professor pathology emeritus, since 1943. Attending pathologist Cook County Hospital, 1918-1946.
Pathologist Passavant Memorial Hospital, 1929-1938. Director laboratory Alexian Brothers Hospital, 1926-1958, Children’s Memorial Hospital, 1944-1949.
Sent to France, 1916, by Rockefeller Institute to study gas gangrene.
Coroner’s physician, Cook County, 1918-1920.
Achievements
Religion
The Bible is the only authoritative source of God's truth and any view that cannot be directly tied to a scriptural reference is generally considered to be based on human traditions rather than God's leading.
Membership
Member Board of Governors International House, Chicago, 1932-1949. Fellow College American Pathology Member Illinois Society Pathology
(president 1948), American Medical Association (chairman of the section on pathological and physiological 1941), Illinois Medical Society, Chicago Medical Society (president 1941, trustee 1949-1964), American Association for the Advancement of Science, Institute of Medicine Chicago (president, 1937), American Association Pathologists and Bacteriologists, Geography Society Chicago (director, president 1937-1939), American Society for Experimental Pathology, International Academy Pathologists, Association Clinical Scientists (diploma of honor 1962), Phi Chirurgical
Clubs: University, Chaos, Chicago Literary.
Connections
Married Minnie Pearl Jones, January 26, 1909.
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Religion
Baptist