Background
Mcclure, Roy Donaldson was born on January 17, 1882 in Bellebrook, Ohio, United States. Son of James Albert (Doctor of Medicine and Ina Hester (Donaldson) McC.
Mcclure, Roy Donaldson was born on January 17, 1882 in Bellebrook, Ohio, United States. Son of James Albert (Doctor of Medicine and Ina Hester (Donaldson) McC.
Bachelor of Arts, Ohio State University, 1904, honorary Doctor of Science, 1936. Doctor of Medicine Johns Hopkins, 1908. Honorary Doctor of Science, Washington and Jefferson College, 1944.
Studied University of Prague, Bohemia, 1906.
Assistant to Doctor Alexis Carrel, Rockefeller Institute, 1907-1908. House surgeon New York Hospital, 1909-1911. Resident surgeon Johns Hopkins Hospital, 1912-1916, also instructor in surgery, Johns Hopkins University.
An organizer and surgeon in chief Henry Ford Hospital, Detroit, since 1916.
Director medical department Ford Rubber Plantation, Brazil, 1928-1946. Chief surgeon Doctorate.T.&I. Railroad
Extramural lecturer in post-graduate medicine, University of Michigan. Guest speaker Congrès Français de Chirurgie, Paris, 1937.
Trustee Henry Ford Hospital since 1938.
Member sub-commission on surgical infections, sub-commission on burns, 1940-1945. Member Detroit committee on Foreign Relations. Member blood procurement committee, Detroit, American Red Cross.
Major Medical corpus, United States army, 1918-1919.
Member of the board of trustees of the Michigan Foundation for Medical and Health Education since 1946. Fellow American College Surgeons (governor), American Surgical Association.
Member Southern Surgical Association, American Medical Association, Societe Internationale de Chirurgie, American College Surgeons (Board of Governors 1935-1938), Ohio State University Association (president 1925-1927), Central Surgical Association (founder and first president 1940-1941), Detroit Academy of Surgery (president 1929), Detroit Academy Medicine (president 1945-1946), Johns Hopkins Medical and Surgical Association (acting president 1946), Phi Beta Kappa (Ohio State. Clubs: Detroit, Economic (board directors) Newcomen Society, Grosse Pointe Country.
Member of advisory board, Annals of Surgery, also editorial board, American Journal Surgery.
Married Helen Keene Troxell, March 4, 1916. Children: Mary Keene Stearns, Roy Donaldson, Doctor of Medicine Douglas Templeton.