Background
Kitchin, Thurman Delna was born on October 17, 1885 in Scotland Neck, North Carolina, United States. Son of William Hodge and Maria Figus (Arrington) Kitchin.
Kitchin, Thurman Delna was born on October 17, 1885 in Scotland Neck, North Carolina, United States. Son of William Hodge and Maria Figus (Arrington) Kitchin.
Graduate Vine Hill Male Academy, Scotland Neck, 1902. Bachelor of Arts, Wake Forest (North Carolina) College, 1905. Student of University of North Carolina, 1905-1906.
Doctor of Medicine Jefferson Medical College, Philadelphia, 1908.
Doctor of Laws, Duke University, 1931, U. North Carolina, 1933, Davidson College, 1947. Special student in physiology Columbia, summer 1921.
Practiced at Lumberton, North Carolina, 1908. Moved to Scotland Neck, North Carolina, 1910. Professor physiology Wake Forest College, 1917, president, 1930-1950, professor physiology and hygiene, since 1950, dean School of Medicine, 1919-1930.
Appointed by Governor McLean member special commission to study problem of feebleminded in North Carolina, 1925.
Member board directors North Carolina Sanatorium for Tuberculosis.
Having created, God did not withdraw the divine presence or activity, but remained fully knowledgeable of and engaged with the world. This engagement includes revealing God and God's ways.
Member Veterans Administration special commission on rehabilitation and education problems. Member North Carolina advisory council on Unemployment Compensation Commission. Fellow American College of Physicians, American Association for the Advancement of Science.
Member of the American Medical Association, Southern Medical District (president 1926-1927), Wake County medical societies, Association, Tri-State (president 1928-1929) 6th District (president 1926-1927), Wake County medical societies, American Gastroenterological Association, Omicron Delta Kappa, Delta Kappa Epsilon, Phi Chi, Phi Beta Kappa.
Married Reba Calvert Clark, November 3, 1908. Children: Thurman Delna, Irwin Clark, William Walton.