Background
Pennington, John Rawson was born on September 3, 1858 in Corydon, Indiana, United States. Son of Charles Peter and Rebecca (Conrad) Pennington.
Pennington, John Rawson was born on September 3, 1858 in Corydon, Indiana, United States. Son of Charles Peter and Rebecca (Conrad) Pennington.
Student Indiana State Normal school and National Normal University, Lebanon, O. Doctor of Medicine, University Maryland, 1887. Honorary Doctor of Medicine Kentucky School of Medicine, 1892.
Special courses in rectal surgery, Saint Mark’s Hospital, London, England., 1893.
Practiced at Chicago, since 1893. Professor rectal diseases, Chicago Clinical School, 1897-1900. Professor rectal surgery, Chicago Polyclinic, 1900-1915.
Professor operative surgery and rectal diseases, Chicago College Medicine and Surgery, 1908-1912.
Later professor proctology, Illinois Post-Graduate Medical School.
Mason.
Married Olive Beryl Blaehley, April.