Ralph James Veenema

Background

Veenema, Ralph James was born on December 13, 1921 in Paterson, New Jersey, United States. Son of Ralph Veenema and Sadie Van Dyke.

Education

AB, Calvin College, Grand Rapids, Michigan, 1942. Doctor of Medicine, Jefferson Medical College, Philadelphia, 1945.

Career

Intern Paterson General Hospital, New Jersey, 1945—1946. Resident in surgery United States Army Hospitals, Alexandri Louisiana and Jackson, Mississippi, 1946—1948. Fellow in surgical pathology Columbia Presbyterian Medical Center, 1948, resident in urology, 1949—1952.

Attending urologist Presbyterian Hospital, 1957—1987. Chief urology Francis Delafield Hospital, 1960—1972. Professor urology Columbia University College Physicians and Surgeons, New York City, 1949—1987, professor emeritus, since 1987.

Captain Medical Corps United States Army, World War II.

Achievements

• Ralph James Veenema has been listed as a noteworthy urologist by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Fellow: American College of Surgeons, New York Academy Medicine (former president urology section). Member: American Urological Association (former president New York section, awards for work in bladder cancer and prostate cancer).

Interests

• Beef cattle farming.

Connections

Married Henriette E. Van DerMolen, September 19, 1944 (deceased May 28, 2006). Children: Shirley, Lois, Ralph J. Junior, Kenneth.

Father:

Ralph Veenema

Mother:

Sadie Van Dyke

Spouse:

Henriette E. Van DerMolen

child:

Kenneth Veenema

child:

Ralph J. Junior Veenema

child:

Lois Veenema

child:

Shirley Veenema