Background
Mapes, Russell Wesley was born on February 11, 1905 in Fairfax, Missouri, United States. Son of Ora Prentiss and Clara Belle (Dragoo) Mapes.
Mapes, Russell Wesley was born on February 11, 1905 in Fairfax, Missouri, United States. Son of Ora Prentiss and Clara Belle (Dragoo) Mapes.
Student, Washburn College, 1927. Doctor of Medicine, University Kansas, 1931.
Intern, St. Francis Hospital, Wichita, Kansas, 1931-1932; member of staff, Children's Hospital, Los Angeles, 1932-1936, from 1968; director clinical services, Children's Hospital, Los Angeles, 1968-1971; deputy department chairman medicine, Children's Hospital, Los Angeles, from 1971; private practice, Beverly Hills, California, 1936-1968; professor pediatrics, University of Southern California, Beverly Hills, from 1958. Consultant Shriner's Crippled Childrens Hospital.
Member medical advisory board Los Angeles chapter Cerebral Palsy Association, 1950-1964. Board directors Children's Home Society California, 1958-1968. Lieutenant colonel United States Army Air Force, 1942-1946.
Member American Academy Pediatrics (president 1969-1970), Southwest Pediatric Society (president 1950), Los Angeles Academy Medicine (president 1962-1963).
Married Barbara Stephens, May 24, 1941. Children: Claire Stephens, John Russell.