Background
Givan, Thurman Boyd was born on October 3, 1888 in Alexandria, Tennessee, United States. Son of Henry Clay and Ellen (Luck) Givan.
Givan, Thurman Boyd was born on October 3, 1888 in Alexandria, Tennessee, United States. Son of Henry Clay and Ellen (Luck) Givan.
Bachelor of Arts, Union University, Jackson, Tennessee, 1910. Doctor of Medicine Vanderbilt University, 1914.
Intern, Saint Thomas Hospital, Nashville, 1914-1916. Resident pediatrics Long Island College, Hospital, 1919-1920. Practice medicine, Brooklyn, 1920-1969.
Lecturer pediatrics, Long Island College Hospital and Medical School, 1919-1923, assistant clinical professor, 1925-1926, clinical professor, 1927-1949.
Clinical professor pediatrics Downstate Medical School, State University New York, 1950-1958, clinical professor pediatrics emeritus, 1958-1975. Chairman coordinating council Five County Medical Societies of New York City, 1949-1952.
Member Government"s Committee to End Poliomyelitis in New York State, 1957-1960.
Member Government"s Committee to End Poliomyelitis in New York State, 1957-1960. Served as First lieutenant Medical Corps, United States Army, 1917-1919. Member Medical Society State New York (chairman of the section pediatrics 1950, council 1951-1958, president 1957-1958), American Medical Association (council constitution and by-laws, 1963-1972, chairman, 1970-1972, house of dels 1952-1968), Brooklyn Pediatric Society (president 1925), American (New York state chairman 1947-1953), Brooklyn (president, founder 1932) academics pediatrics, Medical Society County of Kings (president 1946, chairman of the board of trustees, 1961-1967, then honorary), American Association Medical Milk Communications (president 1950), American Legion, 50-Year.
Club American Medicine (president 1972-1973), Sigma Alpha Epsilon, Alpha Kappa Kappa.
Rotarian,; Clubs: Medical, Brooklyn, Rembrandt, Ihpetonga (Brooklyn).
Married Dorothy Jagles, June 28, 1922. Married second, Marian Goebel Klein, July 14, 1951. Children: Joan (Mistress Herbert Kritzlerj, Doris, Thurman Boyd.