Background
Scannell, John Gordon was born on May 13, 1914 in Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States. Son of David Daniel and Elizabeth Amanda Scannell.
Scannell, John Gordon was born on May 13, 1914 in Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States. Son of David Daniel and Elizabeth Amanda Scannell.
AB cum laude, Harvard University, 1936. Doctor of Medicine cum laude, Harvard University, 1940.
Resident in surgery, Massachusetts General Hospital, 1940-1945;
National Research Council fellow in anatomy, University of Minnesota, 1947;
member of faculty department surgery, Harvard Medical School, since 1944;
clinical professor, Harvard Medical School, 1971-1985;
clinical professor emeritus, Harvard Medical School, since 1985;
member of staff, Massachusetts General Hospital, since 1946;
senior surgeon, Massachusetts General Hospital, since 1979. Surgeon S.S. Hope, 1965. Chairman surgery group Intersoc.
Commission Heart Disease Resources, 1968-1975.
Trustee Belmont Memorial Library. Member American College of Surgeons, American Surgical Association, American Association Thoracic Surgery (president 1978), New England Surgical Society (president 1973), Society University Surgeons, Society Thoracic Surgeons, Boston Surgical Society (president 1984), Society Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgeons of Great British and Ireland (honorary). Clubs: Aesculapian, Tavern, Harvard, Schussverein.
Married Helen L. Jones, June 8, 1940. Children: Charlotte, Elizabeth, Helen, Peggy, Nancy, Gordon, Susannah.