Background
Fitz, Reginald was born on February 28, 1885 in Boston, Massachusetts, United States. Son of Reginald Heber and Elizabeth Loring (Clarke) Fitz.
Fitz, Reginald was born on February 28, 1885 in Boston, Massachusetts, United States. Son of Reginald Heber and Elizabeth Loring (Clarke) Fitz.
Bachelor of Arts, Harvard, 1906, Doctor of Medicine 1909. Honorary Doctor of Science, Western Reserve University, 1943. Honorary Doctor of Laws, Hahnemann Medical College, 1947.
House officer Massachusetts General Hospital, 1909-1911. Volunteer assistant Johns Hopkins Medical Clinic, 1911-1913. Assistant resident physician Peter Bent Brigham Hospital, 1913-1915, Rockefeller Institute Hospital, New York City, 1915-1917.
Staff Mayo Clinic, 1920-1922.
Associate professor medicine Harvard Medical School, 1922-1936, lecturer in history of medicine since 1936, also assistant dean since 1947. Wade professor of medicine, Boston University, 1936-1940.
Director Evans Memorial, 1936-1940. Clinical associate Thorndike Memorial Laboratory, Boston, since 1940.
Member, board honorary consultants to Army Medical Library (Washington), 1943-1952.
Member National Board Medical Examiners, 1932-1945 and since 1947. Chairman medical advisory board Northern 13, Selective Service, Boston, 1940-1947. Medical advisor Boston metropolitan chapter American Red Cross.
Member National Board Medical Examiners, 1932-1945 and since 1947. Served as captain and major Medical corpus, United States army, 1917-1919. Trustee Perkins Institute for Blind, 1943-1946, president since 1946.
Member American Board Internal Medicine, 1936-1946, chairman, 1944-1946.
Member of the board regents American College Physicians, 1939-1947, since 1950, 1st vice president, 1947-1948, president, 1949-1950. Member American Medical Association (member of council medical education and hospitals 1929-1949), Massachusetts Heart Association, Massachusetts Medical Society (Chairman of Commission on medical education and diplomas, 1930-1940.
Clubs: Harvard, Tavern (Boston). Member editorial board Archives of Internal Medicine.
Married Phoebe Marion Wright, June 29, 1918. Children: Phoebe Marion, Reginald Heber, Elizabeth Jean, William Richard Wright, Edith.