Background
Wearn, Joseph Treloar was born on February 15, 1893 in Charlotte, North Carolina, United States. Son of Joseph Henry and Anne (Treloar) Wearn.
Wearn, Joseph Treloar was born on February 15, 1893 in Charlotte, North Carolina, United States. Son of Joseph Henry and Anne (Treloar) Wearn.
Bachelor of Science, Davidson (North Carolina) College, 1913. Doctor of Medicine Harvard University, 1917. Doctor of Science (honorary), Davidson College, 1943, Oberlin College, 1951, University of Pennsylvania, 1962.
Doctor of Laws, University North Carolina, 1961.
Lyman. Resident staff Peter Bent Brigham Hospital, Boston, 1919-1921. Instructor, department of Pharmacology, University of Pennsylvania, 1921-1923. Assistant and associate professor medicine, Harvard, 1923-1929.
Professor medicine, Western Reserve University, 1929-1959, Hord professor medicine emeritus, 1960-1984, vice president medical affairs, 1959-1960, now consultant medical affairs, director medicine Lakeside Hospital, Cleveland, 1929-1956, dean school of medicine, 1945-1959.
Served as First lieutenant Medical corpus, United States army, 1917-1918. Member American Medical Association, American Academy Arts and Sciences, Association American Physicians (president 1953), American Society Clinical Investigation, American Climatological and Clinical Association, American Physiological Society, Harvey Society, Interurban Clinical. Club, Phi Beta Kappa, Alpha Omega Alpha, Sigma Xi.
Clubs: Century Association (New York).
Married to Susan Channing Lyman, August 30, 1927.