Background
Atwater, John Spencer was born on October 12, 1913 in Cincinnati. Son of Carleton William and May (Spencer) Atwater.
Atwater, John Spencer was born on October 12, 1913 in Cincinnati. Son of Carleton William and May (Spencer) Atwater.
Student, Western Reserve University, 1932. AB, Denison University, 1935. Student, Indiana University School Medicine, 1936.
Doctor of Medicine, Johns Hopkins, 1939. Master of Science in Medicine, University Minnesota, 1944.
Intern medicine, University of Chicago Clinics, 1939-1940;
assistant resident medicine, University of Chicago Clinics, 1940-1941;
fellow, Mayo Foundation, 1941-1944;
1st assistant medicine, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota, 1943-1944;
practice medicine specializing in internal medicine and gastroenterology, Atlanta, 1946-1992;
member staffs, Georgia Baptist Hospital
member staffs, Crawford W. Long Memorial Hospital
associate chief medicine, Georgia Baptist Hospital, 1948-1957;
acting chief medicine, Georgia Baptist Hospital, 1958-1960;
chief medicine, Georgia Baptist Hospital, 1973-1977;
president staff, Georgia Baptist Hospital, 1962;
member Executive Committee, Georgia Baptist Hospital, 1961-1964;
chairman of the executive committee, Georgia Baptist Hospital, 1963;
chief gastroenterological section, Georgia Baptist Hospital, 1948-1992;
chief department medicine, Atlanta Hospital, 1968-1969;
chief medicine, Atlanta Hospital, 1969-1972;
member Executive Committee, Atlanta Hospital, 1968-1972;
chairman credentials committee, Atlanta Hospital, 1968-1969;
member utilization review committee, Atlanta Hospital, 1968-1969;
member medical recordings committee, Atlanta Hospital, 1968;
member joint conference committee, Atlanta Hospital, 1970-1972. Consultant in gastroenterology Robert T. Jones Memorial Hospital, Canton, Georgia, 1962-1992, Cobb General Hospital, Austell, Georgia, 1968-1973. Instructor in medicine U.Minn., 1943-1944, Emory University, 1946-1954, associate in medicine, 1954-1965.
Cons.internal medicine VA, Georgia Department Education, Foreign Mission Board Southern Baptist Convention, unites states department State, Chairman Atlanta Graduate Medical Assembly, 1958-1959, exhibit chairman, 1960, member of advisory committee, 1961, member emergency care service committee, 1964-1965. Member Governor's Commision on Aging, 1959-1962, chairman health committee, 1959-1962. Delegate White House Conference on Aging, 1961.
Chairman Governor's Conference on Aging, 1960, Georgia Joint Council to Improve Health Care of Aged,1959-1992. Member health advisory committee Georgia Commision on Aging, 1964-1992. Member clinical laboratory blood and bank and tissue bank committee Georgia Department Public Health, 1971-1992.
Partner Caduceus Properties, 1969-1992. Director Southern General Insurance Company, Stuyvesant Insurance Company, Stuyvesant Life Insurance Company, Jersey Insurance Company New York, 1st Georgia Bank, Peoples American Bank Atlanta, Global Assembly Cache Corporation.
Board directors Atlanta Boys Club, medical director, 1953-1965, member endowment committee, 1970-1972. Board directors Atlanta Girls Club, vice-chairman, 1957-1958, chairman board, 1958-1959, 3d vice president, 1960. Board directors Atlanta Ballet, 1978-1992.
Served as lieutenant Medical Corps United States Naval Reserve, 1944-1946. Fellow American College of Physicians, American Geriatrics Society. Member American Medical Association (consultant council medical services 1960-1992, chairman reference committee medical education 1969, member reference committee finance medical care 1967, member reference committee insurance and medical services 1971, certified of appreciation 1977), Medical Association Georgia (chairman board special activities 1961-1992, treasurer 1962-1992, member publications committee journal.
1962-1992, member executive committee 1962-1992, member finance committee 1962-1992, member special finance, central billing, headquarters expansion and building committees, chairman awards committee), Fulton County Medical Society (chairman committee on aging 1959, 60, 61), 5th District Medical Society, Southern Medical Association (past chairman), American Gastroenterological Association, American Gastroscopic Society, American Society Gastrointestinal Endoscopy, World Congress Gastroenterology, New York Academy of Sciences, American Heart Association, Alumni Association Mayo Foundation Medical Education and Research, Mayo Gastrointestinal Alumni Association, Johns Hopkins Medical and Surgical Society, University Chicago Medical Alumni Association, American, Georgia societies internal medicine, Johns Hopkins Alumni Association (past president Georgia society, past national vice president), Atlanta Chamber C., Sons of the American Revolution, Phoenix Society, Phi Gamma Delta, Nu Sigma Nu. Clubs: Kiwanian (member boys and girls work committee 1966-1970, fund raising committee 1969-1970, vocational guidance committee 1969, operation drug alert committee 1970-1971), Commerce, Atlanta City (charter member).
Married Laura Virginia Zipplies, July 29, 1939. Children: John Spencer, Paul Carleton, Elizabeth Baron.
