Background
Davis, John Herschel was born on May 11, 1924 in Coraopolis, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of John Herschel and Fern (Pew) Davis.
Davis, John Herschel was born on May 11, 1924 in Coraopolis, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of John Herschel and Fern (Pew) Davis.
Student, Allegheny College, 1943. Doctor of Medicine, Western Reserve University, 1948.
Intern, University Hospitals, Cleveland, 1948-1949; resident, University Hospitals, Cleveland, 1955-1956; assistant professor surgery, Western Reserve U., Cleveland, 1956-1959; associate professor surgery, Western Reserve U., Cleveland, 1959-1964; professor, Western Reserve U., Cleveland, 1964-1969; director surgery, Cleveland Metropolitan Hospital, 1966-1969; professor department surgery, U. Vermont, Burlington, since 1969. Director American Board Surgery, Philadelphia, American Board Emergency Medicine, East Lansing, Michigan, American Trauma Society, Chicago, since 1978. Chairman surgery section National Institutes of Health, Washington, since 1982.
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Member Bar. Review Committee Vermont Supreme Court, 1982. Served to captain United States Army, 1950-1953. Fellow American College of Surgeons (Scudder Oration award 1979, Distinguished Service award 1991).
Member American Association for the Advancement of Science, American Association for History of Medicine, American Surgical Association, American Association Surgery Trauma, American Burn Association, American Federation Clinical Research, American Heart Association, American Trauma Society, Central Society Clinical Research, Central Surgical Society, Chittenden County Medical Society, Collegium Internationale Chirurgiae Digestivae, Digestive Disease Foundation, Eastern Surgical Society, Halsted Society, International Society for Burn Injuries, Italian Surgical Research Society, National Research Council of National Academy of Sciences, New England Society for Vascular Surgery, New England Surgical Society (Nathan Smith award 1997), New York Academy of Sciences, Society Internationale de Chirurgie, Society Experimental Biology and Medicine, Society Medical Consultant to Armed Forces, Society Surgery Alimentary Tract, Society Surgical Chairmen, Society for Vascular Surgery, Surgical Biology Club II, Vermont State Medical Society (Distinguished Service award 1990), Allen O. Whipple Medical Society, Sigma Xi, Alpha Omega Alpha Clubs: Ethan Allen (Burlington).
Married Peggy Lou Seyler, September 7, 1946. Children: Karen LaRue, Wendy Sue, Halle Rive'.