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Wilder, Russell Morse was born on November 24, 1885 in Cincinnati, Ohio, United States. Son of William Hamlin and Ella (Taylor) Wilder.
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Russell Morse Wilder, American physician, retired. Recipient Howard Taylor Ricketts award, 1949; Joseph Goldberger award, 1954; American Bakers Association award, 1956. Served as medical gas officer, American Expeditionary Force, 1918-1919.; Member Committee on Medical, 1940-1946, and chairman, 1940, also; Member American Medical Association (member of council on foods; Club, Sigma Xi, Alpha Omega Alpha, Nu Sigma Nu, Delta Kappa Epsilon.
Education
Graduate South Side Academy, Chicago, 1903. Bachelor of Science, University of Chicago, 1907, Doctor of Philosophy, 1912. M.D, Rush Medical College, 1912.
Graduate study University of Chicago, 1913, Vienna, 1914.
Career
Instructor in anatomy and pathology, University of Chicago, 1909-1910. Began practice at Chicago, 1912. Resident Presbyterian Hospital, Chicago, 1915-1917.
Instructor in medicine, Rush Medical College, 1915-1917.
Member Mayo Clinic, 1919-1929. Assistant professor medicine, Mayo Foundation, University of Minnesota, 1919-1922, associate professor, 1922-1929.
Professor of medical and department chairman of medicine, University of Chicago, 1929-1931. Professor medical and head department of medical, Mayo Foundation, and member Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota, 1931-1950.
Director National Institute Arthritis and Metabolic Diseases United States Public Health Service, 1951-1953.
Achievements
Membership
Served as medical gas officer, American Expeditionary Force, 1918-1919. Member Committee on Medical, 1940-1946, and chairman, 1940, also. Member American Medical Association (member of council on foods.
Club, Sigma Xi, Alpha Omega Alpha, Nu Sigma Nu, Delta Kappa Epsilon.
Clubs: University.
Connections
Married Lucy Elizabeth Beeler, March 18, 1911. Children: Russell Morse, Thomas Carroll.
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Nationality
American -
Religion
Episcopalian -
Political Party
Democrat