Background
Emerson, Kendall was born on June 27, 1875 in Northampton, Massachusetts, United States. Son of Benjamin Kendall and Mary Annette (Hopkins) Emerson.
Emerson, Kendall was born on June 27, 1875 in Northampton, Massachusetts, United States. Son of Benjamin Kendall and Mary Annette (Hopkins) Emerson.
Bachelor of Arts, Amherst College, 1897, Master of Arts (honorary), 1922, Doctor of Science, 1950. Doctor of Medicine Harvard University, 1901.
Intern, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, 1901-1902. Began practice orthopedic and general surgery, Worcester, Massachusetts, 1902. Assistant surgeon, Memorial Hospital, Worcester, 1903-1910, orthopedic surgeon, 1910-1928, consultant surgeon since 1928.
Managing director National Tuberculosis Association 1928-1948, retired, 1948, consultant since 1948.
President of New York Tuberculosis and Health Association, 1948-1949. Executive secretary, American Public Health Association, 1931-1935.
Major, Royal Army Medical Corps (British), 1916-1918. Major, Medical Corps, United States of America, 1918-1919, instructor, surgeon general’s office, Washington, District of Columbia, 1918-1919, detailed as special Red Cross commissioner to Siberia.
Director American Hospital in Paris, 1920.
Consultant United States Public Health Services. Counselor Medical Council of Veterans Administration.
Member permanent board honorary consultants to Army Medical Library. Trustee Smith College, Potts Memorial Hospital. Member of Executive Committee International Union Against Tuberculosis.
Member United States Commission to Meeting of Pan-American Sanitary Union, Buenos Aires, 1934.
Fellow American College Surgs. Member of the American Medical Association, New York Academy of Medicine, New York County Medical Society, Massachusetts Medical Society, New England Surgical Society, Phi Beta Kappa, Alpha Delta Phi.
Decorated Order Saint Sava, 1st Class (Rumania). Clubs: Century (New York).
Married Josephine Devereux Sewall, October 1, 1903. Children: Sewall, Kendall.