Background
Sale, Thomas Wirt was born on February 26, 1926 in Hampton, Virginia, United States. Son of Thomas Wirt Senior and Mildred O. (Fields) Sale.
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Thomas Wirt Sale
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Student, University Virginia Doctor of Medicine, Medical College Virginia.
Career
Intern, Worcester (Massachusetts) City Hospital, 1952-1954;
resident in surgery, Boston City Hospital, 1954-1957;
private practice general surgery, Hampton, Virginia, 1957-1994. President Virginia Peninsula Academy Medicine, Newport News, Virginia, 1961. Assistant professor clinical surgery Eastern Virginia Medical School, Norfolk, Virginia, 1989-1997.
President Hampton (Virginia) Medical Society, 1966. President medical staff Mary Immaculate Hospital, Newport News, 1962. Consultant in surgery Veterans Administration Hospital., Hampton, 1967-1995.
Board visitors Eastern Virginia Medical School, Norfolk, 1984-1991. President United States section International College Surgeons, Chicago, 1993.
Achievements
Membership
President Virginia Peninsula unit American Cancer Society, 1966, American Heart Association, 1970-1971. Board of trustees Jamestown-Yorktown Foundation, Williamsburg, Virginia, 1981-1989. Virginia state president National Society Sons of the American Revolution, Louisville, 1992, surgeon general, 1998.
Staff sergeant United States Army, 1944-1946, European Theatre of Operations. Fellow American College of Surgeons. Member NRA (life), Southeastern Surgical Congress, American Legion, The Jamestowne Society, International Brotherhood Magicians (president Norfolk ring 1964-1966), Gem and Mineral Society Virginia Peninsula (president 1997).
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Connections
Married Mary Elizabeth Woodward, December 17, 1949. Children: Thomas W. III, Carter Woodward, John Cabell, Sidney Overton Sale Bland.
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Religion
Episcopalian
Awards
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Decorated Combat Infantrymans badge, Bronze Star medal, 1945. Recipient Physician's Recognition award American Medical Association, Chicago, 1969-1996, Merit award of honor International College Surgeons, Chicago, 1993.Decorated Combat Infantrymans badge, Bronze Star medal, 1945. Recipient Physician's Recognition award American Medical Association, Chicago, 1969-1996, Merit award of honor International College Surgeons, Chicago, 1993.