Background
Waugh, Richey Laughlin was born on January 4, 1888 in Morden, Manitoba, Canada. Son of James Church and Fanny (Laughlin) Waugh.
Waugh, Richey Laughlin was born on January 4, 1888 in Morden, Manitoba, Canada. Son of James Church and Fanny (Laughlin) Waugh.
Brought to the United States, 1890, naturalized, 1909. Pharmaceutical Chemist, University of Washington, 1908, Bachelor of Science, 1909. Doctor of Medicine University of Minnesota, 1915.
Richey L., Doctor Robert John Leamer, Doctor William H., Charles Ruggles, Druggist, 1909-1911. Intern King County Hospital, Seattle, Washington, 1915-1916. Commissioned assistant surgeon United States P.H.S., 1917, passed assistant surgeon, 1921, surgeon, 1925, senior surgeon, 1937, medical director, 1943, stationed Seattle, Washington, Portland Oregon, Manila, Philippine Islands, and Ellis Island, New New York
At the American Consulate, Cobh, Irish Free State, 1926-1929.
Chief of surgical service, Marine Hospitals, San Francisco, 1929-1935, New Orleans, 1935-1939, Boston, 1939-1949. Instructor orthopedic surgery, Tufts Medical School.
Assigned to the United States Coast Guard and United States Navy during World War.
Fellow American College of Surgeons, American Association Surgery of Trauma. Member of the American Medical Association, Southern Medical Association, Massachusetts Medical Society, Boston Orthopedic. Mason (32 degree, Shriner).
Married Lyda Leamer, June 27, 1916. Children: Doctor.