Background
Haviland, James West was born on July 18, 1911 in Glens Falls, New York, United States. Son of Morrison LeRoy and Mabel Eva (West) Haviland.
Haviland, James West was born on July 18, 1911 in Glens Falls, New York, United States. Son of Morrison LeRoy and Mabel Eva (West) Haviland.
Bachelor of Arts, Union College, Schenectady, 1932; Doctor of Medicine Johns Hopkins, 1936.
Intern medicine, Johns Hopkins Hospital, 1936-1937; intern, assistant resident, chief outpatient department pediatrics, Johns Hopkins Hospital, 1937-1938; assistant resident medicine, Johns Hopkins Hospital, 1939-1940; assistant resident medicine, New Haven Hospital, 1938-1939; instructor medicine, Yale Medical School, 1938-1939; instructor medicine, Johns Hopkins School Medicine, 1939-1940; chief services crippled children, Washington Department Social Security, also Department Health, 1940-1942; lecturer medicine, U. Washington School Nursing, 1946-1960; practice medicine, Seattle, 1946-1986; clinical assistant professor, to clinical professor, U. Washington School Medicine, 1947-1977; emeritus professor, U. Washington School Medicine, since 1977; assistant dean, U. Washington School Medicine, 1949-1953, 1954-1959; acting dean, U. Washington School Medicine, 1953-1954; associate dean, U. Washington School Medicine, 1972-1976.
Trustee N.W. Kidney Center, Seattle Symphony Orchestra Served to lieutenant commander Medical Corps, United States Naval Reserve, 1942-1946. Fellow American Geography Society New York. Member Washington State Medical Association (secretary-treasurer 1948-1951), Seattle Academy Internal Medicine (president 1952-1953), King County Medical Society (president 1962), American Medical Association (council medical education 1966-1976, chairman 1974-1976), Pacific Interurban Clinical Club, American Association for the Advancement of Science, North Pacific Society InternalMedicine, American College of Physicians (president 1970), American Clinical and Climatological Association (president 1981-1982), American Association History Medicine, National Academy Sciences (Institute Medicine), Phi Beta Kappa, Sigma Xi, Alpha Omega Alpha, Kappa Alpha.
Married Mary Katherine Haviland, August 30, 1997. Children from previous marriage: James Marshall, Elizabeth Bullard, Donald Sherman, Martha Adams Clauser.