Palmer Findley

Background

Findley, Palmer was born on April 22, 1868 in Lewis, Iowa, United States. Son of David (Doctor of Medicine and Martha Jane (Barr) F.

Education

Bachelor of Science, Iowa State University, 1890, Doctor of Medicine cum laude, Northwestern University, 1893. Studied in Berlin, Vienna and Paris, 1898-1899.

Career

Interne, Cook County Hospital, Chicago, 1893-1895. Instructor Rush Medical College, Chicago, 1900-1908. Professor gynecology, U. Nebraska, 1908-1920.

Chairman obstetric teaching White House Conference on Child Welfare and Protection, 1931-1932.

State chairman American Society for Control of Cancer.

Achievements

• Palmer Findley has been listed as a noteworthy gynecologist. by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

American College of Surgeons fellowship Member Nebraska State Medical Society (past president), Central States Association Obstetricians and Gynecologists (past president), American Association Obstetricians, Gynecologists and Abdominal Surgeons (past president), American Gynecological Society (past vice president), American Medical Association, Nebraska Writers Guild (president). Beta Theta Pi, Nu Sigma Nu, Alpha Omega Alpha.

Clubs: Diagnosis, 1903.

Connections

Married Lydia Martha Hanna, June 3, 1896. Children: Thomas Palmer, Mary Catherine, David Pressly, Charles Hanna.