Background
Sturgis, Somers Hayes was born on October 14, 1904 in Groton, Massachusetts, United States. Son of S. Warren and Edith (Barnes) Sturgis.
Sturgis, Somers Hayes was born on October 14, 1904 in Groton, Massachusetts, United States. Son of S. Warren and Edith (Barnes) Sturgis.
Graduate, Groton School, 1922. AB cum laude, Harvard University, 1927. Doctor of Medicine, Harvard University, 1931.
Surgical intern Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, 1931-1933, graduate assistant, 1935-1937, assistant in surgery, 1938-1941, assistant surgeon, 1941-1950, member courtesy staff, 1951-1971. Assistant to Doctor Henry Marble, 1934. Rockefeller research fellow endocrinology Carnegie Instsn., Washington, Baltimore, 1942.
Sidney C. Graves research fellow gynecology Free Hospital for Women, Brookline, Massachusetts, 1946. Member faculty Harvard University, Cambridge, 1947-1971, from assistant gynecology, instructor to clinical professor gynecology, 1947-1956, clinical professor gynecology, 1956-1969, professor gynecology, 1970, professor gynecology emeritus, 1971-1991. Senior associate surgery Peter Bent Brigham Hospital, Boston, 1951-1953, gynecological surgeon, head department, 1953-1970.
Consultant gynecology Children's Medical Center, Boston, 1952-1991. Gynecologist Harvard University Health Service, 1970-1991. Member courtesy staff Mount Auburn Hospital, Cambridge, 1951-1970.
President Planned Parenthood League Massachusetts, 1968-1971. Major medical corporation Army of the United States, 1942-1945. Member Australian Computer Society, American College Ob-Gyn., American Society Study Sterility (president, director 1955-1956), American Gynecological Society, Society Pelvic Surgeons (president 1969), Society Gynecological Investigation, American Surgical Association, Boston Surgical Society, Boston Obstetrical Society, New England Surgical Society.
Married Frances Anne Sturgis, August 5, 1933. Children: Anne Russell, Margaret, Joan.