Background
Cronin, Thomas Dillon was born on April 8, 1906 in Houston, Texas, United States. Son of Phillip H. and Julia K. (Dillon) Cronin.
Cronin, Thomas Dillon was born on April 8, 1906 in Houston, Texas, United States. Son of Phillip H. and Julia K. (Dillon) Cronin.
Student, Rice Institute, 1928. Doctor of Medicine, University Texas-Galveston, 1932.
Intern Kansas City (Missouri) General Hospital, 1932-1933. Resident surgery St. Joseph Hospital, Houston, 1933-1934. Fellow plastic and oral surgery Mayo Foundation, Rochester, Minnesota, 1937-1939.
Now clinical professor plastic surgery Baylor University. Chief plastic surgery St. Joseph Hospital, 1946-1970, director plastic surgery residency training program, 1970-1979. Chief plastic surgery Herman Hospital, 1941-1969, St. Luke's Episcopal Hospital, 1954-1978, Texas Children's Hospital, 1954-1979.
Served from major to lieutenant colonel, Medical Corps Army of the United States, 1943-1946. Fellow American Association Plastic Surgeons (honorary;, president 1963-1964). Member (Clinician of Year 1979), American Society Plastic and Reconstructive Surgeons (special honorary citation 1975), American College of Surgeons, American Association Physicians and Surgeons, American Medical Association, Southwestern Surgical Congress, Texas Surgical Society (vice president 1960), Houston Surgical Society (president 1971-1972) Clubs: Country (Houston), Yacht (Houston), Doctors (Houston).
Married Anne C. Heyck, November 6, 1935. Children: Thomas Dillon, Robert Hillsman, Anne Frances.