Paul Marion Crossland

Background

Crossland, Paul Marion was born on June 8, 1904 in Wayne, Nebraska, United States. Son of George Washington and Mary Katrina (Schonlau) Crossland.

Education

Student Wayne State Teachers College, 1922-1925. Bachelor of Arts, Univercity Minnesota, 1926, Bachelor of Medicine, 1930, Doctor of Medicine 1931. Postgraduate (fellow) Stanford School Medicine, 1951-1952.

Career

1 son by previous marriage, William. Commissioned Lieutenant (junior grade), Medical Corps, United States Navy, 1930, advanced through grades to captain, 1948. Intern United States Naval Hospital, San Diego, 1930-1931.

Resident in surgery United States Naval Hospital, Newport, Rhode Island, 1939.

Senior medical officer United States Lend Lease Base, Argentia, Newfoundland, 1941, United States Ship Montpelier, 1942-1943. Base medical officer Russell Island, 1943-1944.

Executive officer United States Naval Hospital, Sampson, New York, 1944-1945. 1st medical officer in command United States Naval Hospital, Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, 1946-1948.

Resident in dermatology New York Polytechnic Medical school and Hospital, 1949-1951.

Practice medicine specializing in dermatology, Santa Rosa, California, 1952-1969. Lecturer director dermatology Stanford, Palo Alto, California, 1951-1953, clinical instructor, 1953-1955, assistant clinical professor, 1955-1959, associate clinical professor, 1959-1965, clinical professor dermatology, 1965-1969. Courtesy staff Memorial Hospital, Santa Rosa.

Active staff Community Hospital, Santa Rosa, 1952-1969, chief department dermatology and syphilology, 1955, 58, 60, 62, 65, 67, skin clinic and tumor board consultant, 1952-1968, chairman pharmacy committee, 1957-1968, Executive Committee, 1957-1959.

Courtesy staff Warrack Hospital, Santa Rosa, 1960-1969, Stanford Hospital, Palo Alto, 1952-1968. Staff Presbyterian Hospital, San Francisco, 1961-1969.

Crossland Laboratory at Stanford University dedicated in his honor, 1970. Diplomate American Board Dermatology, dermatology section Pan American Medical Association.

Achievements

• Paul Marion Crossland has been listed as a noteworthy physician by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Fellow American Academy Dermatology (director 1960-1963, Chairman of Commission nominations 1957, 59. Member American, Cal (chairman of the section dermatology 1965-1966) medical associations, International Society Tropical Dermatology, American Dermatological Association, Sonoma County Medical Society, Pacific, San Francisco dermatological societies, Society Investigative Dermatology, American Cancer Society (director Sonoma County branch 1956-1968), Acacia, Phi Beta Pi. Mason (32 degree).

Connections

Married Harriet Kent Dueringer, September 20, 1959.

Father:

George Washington Crossland

Mother:

Mary Katrina (Schonlau) Crossland

Spouse:

Harriet Kent Dueringer