Background
Stewart, John Walker was born on June 30, 1892 in Ewing, Illinois, United States. Son of Towner Kent and Nancy Jane (Webb) Stewart.
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John Walker Stewart
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Student, Ewing College, 1911. Doctor of Medicine, St. Louis University, 1915.
Career
Intern St. Louis City Hospital, 1915-1917, resident surgeon, 1917-1920, assistant surgeon, 1921-1926, associate surgeon, 1926-1933, surgeon, 1939-1945. Assistant surgical St. Mary's Group of Hospitals, 1924-1925, associate surgeon, 1925-1946, acting surgeon-in-chief, from 1946. Director surgery St. Louis City Hospital for the Colored, 1935-1937.
Chief staff Bethesda General Hospital, St. Louis, from 1943. Assistant in surgery St. Louis University, 1920-1921, instructor 1921-1928, senior instructor, 1928-1933, assistant professor, 1933-1941, associate professor surgery, 1941-1950, chairman department, 1946-1950, professor surgery, from 1950.
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Member board governors American National Red Cross. Lieutenant Medical Reserve Corps., World War I. Colonel Medical Corps, World World War World War II.
Fellow American College of Surgeons. Member American Medical Association, St. Louis, Missouri State medical societies, Western, St. Louis surgical societies, Phthagorean Literary Society, Phi Chi, Alpha Omega Alpha.
