Background
Beal, John M. was born in 1915 in Starkville, Mississippi, United States.
Beal, John M. was born in 1915 in Starkville, Mississippi, United States.
Doctor of Medicine, University of Chicago, 1941.
Intern, New York Hospital, New York City, 1941-1942; assistant resident surgery, New York Hospital, 1942-1944, 46-47; surgeon, New York Hospital, 1947-1948; attending surgeon, New York Hospital, 1953-1963; chairman tumor board and staff surgeon, Wadsworth General Hospital, West Los Angeles, 1949-1950; chief surgical service, Wadsworth General Hospital, 1950-1953; consultant staff, St. John's Hospital, Santa Monica, California, 1950-1953; instructor surgery, Cornell Univercity, Ithaca, New York, 1948-1949; associate professor clinical surgery, Cornell Univercity, 1953-1963; instructor surgery, University of California at Los Angeles, 1949-1950; assistant professor, University of California at Los Angeles, 1950-1953; J. Roscoe Miller distinguished professor, Northwestern University, 1981-1984; professor emeritus, Northwestern University, since 1984; chairman deputy surgery, Northwestern University, 1963-1982; clinical professor surgery, U. North Carolina, Chapel Hill, 1984-1988; department chairman surgery, Chicago Wesley Memorial Hospital, 1963-1969; department chairman surgery, Northwestern Memorial Hospital, 1973-1982; chief surgery, Passavant Memorial Hospital, Chicago, 1963-1973. Chairman American Board Surgery, 1970-1971.
Served to captain Medical Corps Army of the United States, 1944-1946. Fellow American College of Surgeons (board regents 1973-1983, president 1982-1983). Member Council of Medical Specialty Societies (secretary 1978-1980), Society University Surgeons, Society Clinical Surgery, American Medical Association, American Surgical Association.
Married Mary Lucinda Phemister, February 20, 1943 (deceased July 2005). Children: John M., Bruce Phemister, Margaret Anne.