Background
Thompson, Phebe Kirsten was born on September 5, 1897 in Glace Bay, Nova Scotia. Arrived in United States, 1923, naturalized, 1937. Daughter of Peter and Catherine (McKeigan) Thompson.
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Phebe Kirsten Thompson
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Doctor of Medicine, CM Dalhousie University, Halifax. Nova Scotia, CM Dalhousie University, 1923.
Career
March 1954); children: Willard Owen (deceased), Frederic, Nancy, Donald. Came to the United States, 1923, naturalized, 1937. Intern Children"s Hospital, Halifax, Nova Scoti, 1922-1923.
Assistant biochemistry, department applied physiology Harvard School Public Health, 1924-1926.
Assistant and research fellow in medicine, thyroid clinic, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, 1926-1929. Assistant in metabolism department (endocrinology) Rush Medical College of University of Chicago and The Central Free Dispensary Chicago, 1930-1946.
Associate with husband in practice medicine, Chicago,1947-1954. Managing editor Journal Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism, 1954-1961, consultant editor, 1961-1965.
Editor Journal American Geriatrics Society, 1954-1982;consultant editor Endocrinology, 1961-1965.
Free-lance editor and writer
Achievements
Membership
Fellow American Medical Writers" Association (advisory com.1955-1960, vice president Chicago 1962), American Geriatrics Society, Gerontological Society American. Member Endocrine Society, American Association for the Advancement of Science, American Genetic Association, American Public Health Association, Illinois Public Health Association, Illinois Academy Sciences, The Art Institute of Chicago Chicago (life), Chicago History Society (life).
Connections
Married Willard Owen Thompson, Doctor of Medicine June 21, 1923 (deceased. Children: Willard Owen (deceased), Frederic, Nancy, Donald.
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Canadian