Background
Mclester, James Somerville was born on January 25, 1877 in Tuscaloosa, Alabama, United States. Son of Joseph and Nannie (Somerville) M.
Mclester, James Somerville was born on January 25, 1877 in Tuscaloosa, Alabama, United States. Son of Joseph and Nannie (Somerville) M.
Bachelor of Arts, Univercity Alabama, 1896. Doctor of Laws; Doctor of Medicine, University Virginia, 1899. Post-graduate Göttingen, Freiburg, 1901-1902, Berlin and Munich, 1907-1908.
Professor medicine University of Alabama, 1919-1950. Major Chief on Medical, Base Hospital, Camp Sheridan, 1917. Lieutenant colonel Advertising Educational Foundation, commanding officer Evacuation Hospital 20, 1918.
Consultant Advertising Educational Foundation, 1918.
Researches and scientific articles doaling chiefly with diseases of nutrition and metabolism. Chairman subcommittee on medical nutrition National Research Council.
Fellow American College of Physicians. Member of the American Medical Association (chairman of the section on practice of medicine, 1920. Club: Mountain Brook.
Married Ada Bowron, 1903. Children: Anna, James B., Jane.