Background
Brown, Thomas McPherson was born on June 29, 1906 in Washington, District of Columbia, United States. Son of Thomas Janney and Elsie (Palmer) Brown.
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Thomas McPherson Brown
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Bachelor of Arts, Swarthmore College, 1929; Doctor of Medicine Johns Hopkins, 1933.
Career
Successively intern, assistant resident, chief resident medicine, Johns Hopkins Hospital, 1933-1937, 39-40; research rheumatic fever, Rockefeller Institute Hospital, New York City, 1937-1939; from associate medicine to assistant professor medicine, Johns Hopkins, 1939-1946; chief medicine, Veterans Administration Hospital., Washington, 1946-1948; Eugene Meyer professor medicine, department chairman medicine, also director arthritis research unit, George Washington University, 1948-1970; co-director, Rehabilitation Research and Training Center, 1965-1970; also chief of medicine, George Washington University Hospital, 1948-1970; founder, director, Arthritis Institute National Hosp, Arlington, from 1970. Board of directors Eugene and Agnes Meyer Foundation, Swarthmore Foundation, Sidwell Friends School.
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Membership
Served to lieutenant colonel Medical Corps Army of the United States, 1942-1945. Fellow American College of Physicians. Member Society Clinical Investigation, American Clinical and Climatological Society, Southern Society Clinical Research, Phi Beta Kappa, Sigma Xi, Alpha Omega Alpha, Phi Kappa Psi.
Connections
Son of Thomas Janney and Elsie (Palmer) B. M. Olive H. Young, July 6, 1937. 1 daughter, Gael McPherson.
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Religion
Society of Friends
Education
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1929
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1933
Career
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1933 - 1937
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1933 - 1937
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1933 - 1937
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1937 - 1939
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1939 - 1946
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1946 - 1948
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1948 - 1970
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1948 - 1970
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1948 - 1970
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1948 - 1970
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1965 - 1970
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