James William Du Shane

Background

Shane, James William Du was born on April 17, 1912 in Madison, Indiana, United States. Son of Donald and Harriette Graham (McLell) DuShane.

Education

Bachelor of Arts, DePauw University, 1933; Doctor of Medicine Yale University, 1937.

Career

Intern, Yale-New Haven Hospital, 1937-1938; resident in pediatrics, Yale-New Haven Hospital, 1938-1939; resident, Children's Memorial Hospital, Chicago, 1939-1942; private practice pediatrics, Evanston, Illinois, 1942-1944; instructor, Northwestern University Medical School, 1942-1944; member of staff, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota, since 1946; head section pediatrics, Mayo Clinic, 1957-1969; member of the Board of Governors, Mayo Clinic, 1961-1973; professor pediatrics, Mayo Foundation, University of Minnesota, since 1960.

Achievements

• James William Du Shane has been listed as a noteworthy physician, educator by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Trustee Mayo Foundation, 1967-1973. Served to lieutenant United States Naval Reserve, 1944-1946. Member American Medical Association, American Academy Pediatrics (founding chairman cardiology section 1958), American College Chest Physicians, American Pediatric Society, American Heart Association (chairman council rheumatic fever and congenital heart disease 1960-1962), Alpha Omega Alpha, Phi Kappa Psi.

Connections

Married Mary Margaret Hill, May 7, 1939. Children: Mary Margaret, James Anderson.

Father:

Donald DuShane

Mother:

Harriette Graham (McLell) DuShane

Spouse:

Mary Margaret Hill

child:

Mary Margaret Shane

child:

James Anderson Shane