Background
Hingson, Robert Andrew was born on April 13, 1913 in Anniston, Alabama, United States. Son of Robert A. and Elloree Elizabeth (Haynes) Hingson.
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Robert Andrew Hingson
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Education
Bachelor of Arts Alabama, 1935. Postgraduate, University Alabama, 1935. Doctor of Humane Letters (honorary), University Alabama, 1970.
Doctor of Medicine, Emory University, 1938. Doctor of Humane Letters, Monrovia University, Libreria, 1962. Doctor of Laws, William Jewell College, 1963.
Doctor of Laws, Eastern Baptist College, 1963. Doctor of Letters (honorary), Hardin-Simmons University, 1965. Doctor of Science (honorary), Thomas Jefferson University Medicine, 1970.
Career
Commissioned medical officer, United States Public Health Service, 1938;
advanced through grades to senior surgeon, medical director, United States Public Health Service
medical officer, medical director various ships United States Coast Guard and United States Navy, United States Public Health Service, 1939-1940;
fellow anesthesiology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota, 1940-1941;
chief of department anesthesia, United States Marine Hospital, United States Public Health Service, Staten Island, New York, 1941-1942;
medical director reserve, United States Public Health Service, 1951-1978;
retired, United States Public Health Service, 1978;
director research and anesthesiology Lying-in Hospital, Jefferson Medical College, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Hospital, 1943-1945;
director, first professor and founder anesthesiology,, U. Tennessee, 1945-1948;
associate professor obstetrics, anesthesiologist department obstetrics, Johns Hopkins University, 1948-1951;
professor anesthesia, founder department, Case Western Reserve U., 1951-1968;
professor public health, anesthesiology and dental anesthesiology Magee Women's Hospital, U. Pittsburgh School Medicine, 1968-1973. Consultant United States Veterans Administration Hospital., Mount Sinai Hospital, Sunny Acres Hospital, Highland View Hospital, Metropolitan Hospital, St. Anne's Hospital. Senior consultant Amigos de Honduras Medical Svc.
Mission; visiting professor at universities in New Guinea, New Zealand, Australia, S. American, Asia, Africa, Europe, 1958-1980. Guest faculty numerous colleges universities.
Achievements
Membership
Trustee Religious Heritage Foundation, 1968. Chairman Polio Plus Program Rotary district 692, Georgia. President, founder Education and Relief Foundation, World Federation Society Anesthesiologists, 1960-1968.
1st president, founder Brother's Brother Foundation, medical director, vaccination programs Operation Brother's Brother, Liberia, 1962. Director medical survey Central American nations, 1967. Deacon local Baptist church.
Director Baptist World Alliance Interdenominationsl, Inter-Racial Medical Mission Survey of Asia-Africa, 1958. Fellow International College Anesthesia, William Crawford Gorgas Medical Society, American Society Anesthetists, International College Surgeons, Royal College Surgeons (faculty anesthesiology), American College Anesthesiology. Member College Physicians and Surgeons, Republic of Costa Rica (honorary), New Jersey Academy of Sciences, International Research Society (vice president), American Society Anesthesiologists (board directors 1947-1956), Rotary (international speaker), Sigma Xi, Pi Kappa Alpha.
Connections
Married Gussie Dickson, March 2, 1940. Children: Dickson James, Andrew Tobian, Roberta Ann, Ralph Waldo, Luke Lockhart.
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Named Man of Year in Medicine Pittsburgh Academy Medicine, 1974, 75, one of Ten Outstanding Young Men American United States Junior Chamber of Commerce, 1947, Knight Grand Commander Humane Order African Redemption, 1962, Man of Distinction Pittsburgh Baptist Association, 1980, Man of Year Rotary of Ocilla, 1985, Humanitarian Service to Mankind award, 1989, Kiwanis humanitarian award, 1963. Named to General Francisco Morizan, 1968, Order Ruben Dario, 1968, Order Rodolfo Robles, 1974. Recipient Service citation Costa Rica, 1967, service citation governments of Nicaragua, Guatemala, Republic of Panama, El Salvador, Peru, Honduras, Dominican Republic, Haiti, Venezuela, Colombia, Cuba, Jamaica, Hadassah Service award Israel, 1968, Dahlberg Peace award American Baptist Churches, 1977, Human Rights award United Nations Association Pittsburgh, 1978, William O McQuiston Lectureship award Illinois Society Anesthesiologists, 1978, Paul Harris Fellowship award Rotary, 1978, Gaston Labat award American Society Regional Anesthesia, 1981, United States President' award International Volunteerism, 1987, Governor's Humanitarianism award, 1987, Governor Clinton's Arkansas Travelers award, 1988, Republican Presidential Legion of Merit award, 1994, citation Outstanding Georgia Citizen Secretary State Georgia, 1993, Heritage Achievement award University Alabama, 1993. Hingson Day named in his honor, Oxford, Alabama, 1985.Named Man of Year in Medicine Pittsburgh Academy Medicine, 1974, 75, one of Ten Outstanding Young Men American United States Junior Chamber of Commerce, 1947, Knight Grand Commander Humane Order African Redemption, 1962, Man of Distinction Pittsburgh Baptist Association, 1980, Man of Year Rotary of Ocilla, 1985, Humanitarian Service to Mankind award, 1989, Kiwanis humanitarian award, 1963. Named to General Francisco Morizan, 1968, Order Ruben Dario, 1968, Order Rodolfo Robles, 1974. Recipient Service citation Costa Rica, 1967, service citation governments of Nicaragua, Guatemala, Republic of Panama, El Salvador, Peru, Honduras, Dominican Republic, Haiti, Venezuela, Colombia, Cuba, Jamaica, Hadassah Service award Israel, 1968, Dahlberg Peace award American Baptist Churches, 1977, Human Rights award United Nations Association Pittsburgh, 1978, William O McQuiston Lectureship award Illinois Society Anesthesiologists, 1978, Paul Harris Fellowship award Rotary, 1978, Gaston Labat award American Society Regional Anesthesia, 1981, United States President' award International Volunteerism, 1987, Governor's Humanitarianism award, 1987, Governor Clinton's Arkansas Travelers award, 1988, Republican Presidential Legion of Merit award, 1994, citation Outstanding Georgia Citizen Secretary State Georgia, 1993, Heritage Achievement award University Alabama, 1993.
Hingson Day named in his honor, Oxford, Alabama, 1985.