Background
Allen, JOseph Garrott was born on June 5, 1912 in Elkins, West Virginia, United States. Son of James Edward and Susan H. (Garrott) Allen.
Allen, JOseph Garrott was born on June 5, 1912 in Elkins, West Virginia, United States. Son of James Edward and Susan H. (Garrott) Allen.
Student, Davis and Elkins College, 1930-1932; AB, Washington University, St. Louis, 1934; Doctor of Medicine, Harvard, 1938.
Intern, Billings Hospital, University of Chicago, 1939; assistant resident surgery, University of Chicago, 1940-1944; instructor surgery, University of Chicago, 1943-1947; assistant professor, University of Chicago, 1947-1948; associate professor, University of Chicago, 1948-1951; professor, University of Chicago, 1951-1959; research associate metallurgical laboratories, Manhattan Project, 1944-1946; group leader, Argonne National Laboratory, 1946-1959; professor, School Medicine, Stanford University, 1959-1977; active emeritus, from 1977. Executive department surgery, 1959-1961. Member surgery study section United States Public Health Service, 1955-1959.
Trustee American Youth Foundation, 1954-1967. Member National Research Council, 1950-1954. Member standards committee American Association Blood Banks, 1958.
Fellow American Association for the Advancement of Science. Member Society Experimental Biology and Medicine, American Physiological Society, Australian Computer Society (Chairman of Commission blood and allied problems), International Surgical Group (founder), American Medical Association (Gold medal for original research 1948), American Surgical Association, Society Clinical Surgery (secretary 1958-1960), San Francisco Surgical Society, Society University Surgeons, American Cancer Society (Chairman of Commission cancer therapy), Western, Pacific Coast surgical associations, Surgical Infection Society (founder member 1980), Halsted Society, Alpha Omega Alpha.
Married Dorothy O. Travis, July 15, 1940 (divorced 1968). Children: Barry Worth, Edward Henry, Nannette (Mistress Antonio Alarcón), Lester Travis, Joseph Garrott. Married Kathryn L. Shipley, December 27, 1968.
Children: Robert Kelman, Grant Frederick, Susan.