Background
Robertson, Robert Crawford was born on July 29, 1899 in Coulterville, Illinois, United States. Son of John Wylie and Mary Elizabeth (Crawford) Robertson.
Robertson, Robert Crawford was born on July 29, 1899 in Coulterville, Illinois, United States. Son of John Wylie and Mary Elizabeth (Crawford) Robertson.
Bachelor of Arts, Univercity Illinois, 1921, Bachelor of Science, 1922, Master of Science, 1924, Doctor of Medicine 1925.
Intern, resident Saint Luke’s Hospital, Chicago, 1924-1926. Fellow Willis C. Campbell Clinic, Memphis, 1926-1927. Practice medicine, specializing in orthopedic surgery, Chattanooga, 1927-1969.
Founder, chief orthopedic services Baroness Erlanger Hospital, T.C. Thompson’s Childrens Hospital.
Member of staff Memorial Hospital, Tennessee State Tuberculosis. Hospital, past chief of staff Pine Breeze Sanitorium.
Consultant Hamilton Memorial Hospital, Dalton, Georgia, Copper Basin General Hospital, Copper Hill, Tennessee, Emerald-Hodgson Hospital, Sewanee, Tennessee. Designated orthopedic surgeon United States Employees Compensation Commission, Tennessee Crippled Children’s Service Board of directors Little Theater, Memorial Hospital, Chattanooga.
Served to Second lieutenant with infantry, United States Army, 1918-1919, to colonel with Military Cross, Australia, 1942-1945, 51-55. American College of Surgeons fellow, American Academy Orthopedic Surgeons, International Academy Medicine, American Geriatric Society. Member of the American Medical Association, Southern Tennessee medical associations, Hamilton County (past president), Chattanooga medical societies, Chattanooga Academy Surgery (past president), Clinical Orthopedic Society (past vice president), International Society Orthopedic Surgery and Traumatology, Society Medical Conservation to Armed Forces, Sigma Xi, Alpha Omega Alpha, Zeta Psi, Phi Beta Pi.
Rotarian.
Clubs: Chattanooga Golf and Country, Lookout Mountain Fairyland.
Married Frankie Marion Condray, September 7, 1925. Children: Elizabeth Eugenia (Mistress Stephen Tripp Smith), Mary Louise (Mistress Thomas Burke Hodgson).