John Rankin Caldwell

Background

Caldwell, John Rankin was born on October 11, 1918 in Middletown, Connecticut, United States. Son of Rankin Sutton and Jane Brandt (Ulsh) Caldwell.

Education

Bachelor, Lafayette College, 1940; Doctor of Medicine, Temple University, 1943.

Career

Resident, Kent General Hospital, Dover, Delaware, 1946-1947; general medical practice, Dover, Delaware, 1947-1950; graduate student, University Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, 1950-1951; resident internal medicine, Cleveland Clinic, 1951-1952; staff physician, Henry Ford Hospital, Detroit, 1952-1989; head physician division hypertension, Henry Ford Hospital, Detroit, 1954-1967; staff physician division metabolic disease, Henry Ford Hospital, Detroit, 1967-1979; staff physician division nephrology and hypertension, Henry Ford Hospital, Detroit, 1980-1989. Consultant Blue Cross-Blue Shield of Michigan, Detroit, 1989-1994. Member bioethics committee Michigan State Medical Society, East Lansing, since 1989.

Achievements

• John Rankin Caldwell has been listed as a noteworthy Internist by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Chairman Physicians for Social Responsibility, Detroit, 1963-1968. Vice president American Association for United Nations, Oakland County, Michigan, 1963-1964, 91-93, president, 1993-1994. Chairman Hypertension Coordinating and Planning Council Southeastern Michigan, 1973-1974.

Fellow Council on High Blood Pressure Research, Council on Arterio Sclerosis, American College Physicians. Member American Medical Association, American Society Internal Medicine, Senior Men's Club of Birmingham (president 1999).

Interests

• Avocations: golf, cycling, chess.

Connections

Married Julia Elinor Matthews, October 4, 1947. Children: John M., Ann B., Sally B., Beth A., Mark S.

Father:

Rankin Sutton Caldwell

Mother:

Jane Brandt (Ulsh) Caldwell

Spouse:

Julia Elinor Matthews

child:

Ann B. Caldwell

child:

Sally B. Caldwell

child:

Beth A. Caldwell

child:

Mark S. Caldwell

child:

John M. Caldwell