Background
Lindsay, John Ralston was born on December 23, 1898 in Renfrew, Ontario, Canada. Son of John M. and Christena (Wright) Lindsay.
Lindsay, John Ralston was born on December 23, 1898 in Renfrew, Ontario, Canada. Son of John M. and Christena (Wright) Lindsay.
Doctor of Medicine McGill University, 1925. Doctor of Medicine (honorary), Uppsala, Sweden, 1963.
; children—Christena West., Anne South., Elizabeth West. Married second, Dorothy Morrison, March 1, 1962 (division). Married 3d. Marguerite Glynn, August 6, 1969 (deceased).
Came to the United States, 1928, naturalized, 1936. Intern Ottawa Civic Hospital, 1925-1926.
Resident otolaryngology Royal Victoria Hospital, Montreal, 1927-1928, Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, 1926-1927.
Postgraduate training Zurich and Vienna, 1931. Specialist otolaryngology, from 1928. Faculty University of Chicago, 1928-1981, professor otolaryngology, from 1941, Thomas Doctorate. Jones professor surgery, 1963-1981, head otolaryngology section, 1929-1966.
American College of Surgeons fellowship Member of the American Medical Association, American Academy Ophthalmology and Otolaryngology (president 1964), American Laryngol., Rhinological and Otological Society (past president). American Broncho-Esophagological Association, American Otological Society Incorporated.
(past president), American Laryngol.
Association, Collegium Oto-Rhinolaryngologicum Amicitae Sacrum (president 1967), Illinois, Chicago medical societies, Institute Medicine Chicago, Chicago Laryngol. and Otological Society (past president).
Married Elizabeth Wood, February 6, 1937 (divorced 1955). Married second, Dorothy Morrison, March 1, 1962 (divorced). Children: Christena West., Anne South., Elizabeth West.