Background
Morris, John McLean was born on September 1, 1914 in Kuling, Peoples Republic of China.
Morris, John McLean was born on September 1, 1914 in Kuling, Peoples Republic of China.
AB cum laude, Princeton University, 1936;Doctor of Medicine, Harvard University, 1940;Master of Arts (honorary), Yale University, 1962.
Intern and resident in surgery and gynecology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, 1941-1942, 46-47;assistant in surgery, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, 1947-1951;fellow, American Cancer Society, Stockholm, Sweden, 1951-1952;chief gynecology, Yale University School Medicine, New Haven, 1952-1993;associate professor gynecology, Yale University School Medicine, New Haven, 1952-1961;acting department chairman obstetrics-gynecology, Yale University School Medicine, New Haven, 1960-1961, 65-66;professor, Yale University School Medicine, New Haven, 1961-1993;John Slade Ely professor, Yale University School Medicine, New Haven, 1969-1993. Visiting professor Stanford University School Medicine, Palo Alto, California, 1966-1967, University Texas M.D. Anderson Hospital, Houston, 1970, University of California at Los Angeles, 1978, U. Tennessee Center Health Science, Memphis, 1983, Ministry Defense Hospitals, Saudi Arabia, 1984, Chang Gung Memorial Hospitals, Taiwan, 1987-1988. Consultant William W. Backus Hospital, Meriden-Wallingford Hospital, Middlesex Memorial Hospital, Milford Hospital, New Britain General Hospital, Stamford Hospital, St. Raphael's Hospital, Uncas-on-Thames Hospital, West Haven Veterans Administration Hospital., Walter Reed Hospital, Gorgas Hospital, Panama, Tripler Hospital, Honolulu, William Beaumont Hospital, El Paso.
Trustee, past president New Haven branch, member state cytology committee American Cancer Society. Member medical advising committee on world population Planned Parenthood. Member human reproduction unit World Health Organization, Geneva.
Member alumni survey committee Harvard University Medical School. Holmes lecturer Chicago Gynecological Society, 1986.
Served as lieutenant Commander United States Navy, 1942-1946, PTO. Fellow American College of Surgeons, American College Ob-Gyn (committee on malignant disease, committee on resident training, committee on terminology). Member American Gynecological Society, American Gynecological and Obstetrical Society (vice president 1981-1982), Society Pelvic Surgeons (secretary-treasurer 1961-1964, president 1974-1975), American Fertility Society, Society Gynecologic Oncologists (charter), New England Surgical Society, St. Paul Surgical Society (honorary), South Atlantic Association Ob-Gyn (honorary), Felix Rutledge Society (honorary), George Washington University Kane-King Obstetrical Society (honorary), Los Angeles Obstetrical and Gynecological Society (honorary), Sigma Xi, Alpha Omega Alpha.
Son of DuBois Schanck and Alice Ray (Buell) M. Married Marjorie Stout Austin, February 14, 1951. Children: Marjorie, Christina, Constance, Robert, Virginia.