Background
Glenn, William Wallace Lumpkin was born on August 12, 1914 in Asheville, North Carolina, United States. Son of Eugene Byron and Elizabeth Elliot (Lumpkin) Glenn.
Glenn, William Wallace Lumpkin was born on August 12, 1914 in Asheville, North Carolina, United States. Son of Eugene Byron and Elizabeth Elliot (Lumpkin) Glenn.
Bachelor of Science, University South Carolina, 1934. Doctor of Medicine, Jefferson Medical College, 1938. Master of Arts (honorary), Yale University, 1962.
Doctor of Medicine (honorary), University Cadiz, 1981.
Intern, Pennsylvania Hospital, Philadelphia, 1938-1940; surgical resident, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, 1940-1942, 45-46; assistant physiology, Harvard School Public Health, 1941-1943; associate surgery, Jefferson Medical College, Philadelphia, 1946-1948; member of faculty, Yale Medical School, since 1948; professor surgery, Yale Medical School, 1962-1974; Charles W. Ohse professor surgery, Yale Medical School, 1974-1985; Charles W. Ohse professor emeritus surgery, Yale Medical School, since 1985; chief cardiovascular surgery, Yale Medical School, 1948-1976; senior research scientist, Yale Medical School, 1985-1987; honorary staff, Yale-New Haven Hospital. Consultant Surgeon General Committee Environmental Medicine, 1962-1964.
Member of committee cardiovascular systems National Research Council, 1955-1956. Board directors Charles E. Culpeper Foundation, 1976-1985. Served to major, Medical Corps Army of the United States, World World War II, European Theatre of Operations.
Member American Heart Association (president 1970-1971), International Society Surgery (vice president United States section), International Surgical Group (president 1964, honorary 1994), American Surgical Association, American College of Surgeons (chairman Connecticut advising committee 1963-1966, governor 1967-1972), Society University Surgeons, New England Surgical Society (president 1983-1984), Southern Surgical Association, New England Society Vascular Surgeons (president 1979-1980), American Association Thoracic Surgery, Vascular Surgical Society, Halstead Society, Society Thoracic Surgeons (honorary), Morys' Association (New Haven), Yale Club of New York, Sigma Xi, Alpha Omega Alpha.
Married Amory Potter, May 15, 1943. Children: William Amory Lumpkin, Elizabeth Glenn McLellan.