Background
Clarke, Oscar Withers was born on January 29, 1919 in Petersburg, Virginia, United States. Son of Oscar Withers and Mary (Reese) Clarke.
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Oscar Withers Clarke
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Bachelor of Science, Randolph Macon College, 1941; Doctor of Medicine, Medical College Virginia, 1944.
Career
Intern, Boston City Hospital, 1944-1945;
resident internal medicine, Medical College Virginia, 1945-1946, 48-49;
fellow in cardiology, Medical College Virginia, 1949-1950;
private practice specializing in internal medicine and cardiology, Gallipolis Holzer Medical Center, Ohio., since 1950;
president, board directors, Holzer Clinic Inc., 1981-1989. Board directors Ohio Valley Development Company, Gallipolis, Cmty. Improvement Corporation.
President Ohio State Medical Board. Chairman Ohio Medical Edition and Research Foundation, Commission Heart Attack Alert Program National Institutes of Health, 1995-1996. President Gallipolis City Board Helath, since 1955, Gallia County Heart Council, since 1955.
Achievements
Membership
Vice president Tri-State Regional council Boy Scouts American, 1957. President Tri-State Community Concert Association, 1957-1959. Trustee Medical Memorial Foundation, Holzer Hospital Foundation Captain Medical Corps, Army of the United States, 1946-1948, European Theatre of Operations.
Fellow American College of Physicians (Laurate award 1997), Royal Society Medicine. Member American Medical Association (chairman council on ethics and judicial affairs since 1991), American Heart Association, Gallia County Medical Society (president 1953), Center Ohio Heart Association (Merit medal 1960, trustee), Ohio Medical Association (president 1973-1974, Distinguished Service citation 1988, Physician of Century 1996), American Society Internal Medicine (Distinguished Internist award 1992), Alpha Omega Alpha, Sigma Zeta, Chi Beta Phi. Clubs: Rotary (president 1953-1954).
Connections
Married Susan Frances King, June 18, 1949. Children– Susan Frances, Mary Elizabeth, Jennifer Ann.
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American -
Religion
Presbyterian