Background
Chaney, Ralph Hill was born on December 4, 1886 in Northfield, Minnesota, United States. Son of Lucian West and Mary E. (Hill) Chaney.
Chaney, Ralph Hill was born on December 4, 1886 in Northfield, Minnesota, United States. Son of Lucian West and Mary E. (Hill) Chaney.
Carleton College, Northfield, 1905-1908. Bachelor of Arts, Oberlin, 1909, Master of Arts, 1913. Doctor of Medicine University of Pennsylvania, 1914.
Studied Mayo Foundation Graduate School, University of Minnesota, 1919-1922.
Interne Bellevue Hospital, New York, 1914. Interne, house surgeon. Kings Company Hospital, Brooklyn, 1915-1917.
Practiced, New York City, 1917.
Assistant physical and surgical, Mayo Clinic, 1919-1922. Consultant surgeon Wilhenford Hospital, 1922-1941.
Professor surgery, University of Georgia, 1922-1932. Surgeon in chief University Hospital, Augusta, 1922-1932.
Practicing surgery since 1932.
Clinical professor of surgery, University of Georgia, Augusta, since 1934. Attending surgeon, University Hospital, Augusta, since 1934, Saint Josephs’ Hospital since 1953.
Member Medical corpus, United States army, July 1917-September 1919. Fellow American College Surgeons, American Medical Association. Member Southern Medical Association, Medical Association Georgia (president 1946-1947), Alpha Omega Alpha, Nu Sigma Nu, Pi Gamma Museum.
Married Alma Grace Effert, August 3, 1917. Children: Lucian Werner, Rudolph Effert, Ralph Hill, Viola Margaret.