Background
Boles, Russell Sage was born on September 27, 1889 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of George H. and Rhoda (Borden) Boles.
Boles, Russell Sage was born on September 27, 1889 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of George H. and Rhoda (Borden) Boles.
Doctor of Medicine, University Penna., 1912. Postgraduate, University Halle, Germany, Berlin, Vienna, Austria, Hungary, 1914.
Intern, Philadelphia General Hospital, 1912-1913;
chairman medical division, Philadelphia General Hospital, 1940-1943;
president medical board, Philadelphia General Hospital, 1943-1947;
visiting physician, Philadelphia General Hospital, 1929-1955;
senior medical chief, Department Medicine, Philadelphia General Hospital, 1952-1955;
honorary consultant Department Medicine, Philadelphia General Hospital, 1955;
associate professor medicine Graduate School, University of Pennsylvania, 1947-1952;
professor clinical medicine, University of Pennsylvania, 1952-1955;
emeritus professor clinical medicine, University of Pennsylvania, from 1955. Chief gastroenterology Bryn Mawr (Pennsylvania) Hospital, 1937-1941. Special consultant National Cancer Institute United States Public Health Service.
Member science committee Research Council on Problems of Alcohol, advising committee National Committee for Education on Alcoholism. Delegate 1st International Congress Gastroenterology, Brussels, 1935.
Member of advisory board Woods School, Langhorne, Pennsylvania. Member board directors Philadelphia CivicOpera Company Lieutenant Medical Corps, United States Navy, World War I. Consultant Pennsylvania Advisory Board I, World World War World War II.
Fellow American College of Physicians (life), Philadelphia College Physicians. Member American Gastroenterological Association(secretary 1933-1939), vice president 1940-1941, president 1942), World (founder member United States committee), Pan-American (president section gastroenterolgy 1953, American (chairman of the section gastroenterology and proctology 1950), Pennsylvania, Montgomery County, Philadelphia County medical assns, American Association for the Advancement of Science, Musical Fund Society (member board), Rittenhouse Club, Philadelphia Country Club, The Orpheus Club, University Pennsylvania Faculty Club.
Married Mary McNeely, November 29, 1916. Children: Mary Laird McIlvain, Russell Sage.
