Background
Rambo, Victor Clough was born on July 6, 1894 in Landour, Mussoorie, India. Son of William Eagle and Kate (Clough) Rambo.
Rambo, Victor Clough was born on July 6, 1894 in Landour, Mussoorie, India. Son of William Eagle and Kate (Clough) Rambo.
Student, Fairmount College, Wichita, Kansas, 1915-1917; Bachelor, Wichita State University Doctor of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, 1921.
Intern, Pennsylvania Hospital, Philadelphia, 1921-1923;
surgeon, opthalmologist, Christian Hospital, Mungeli, India, 1923-1947;
professor opthalmology, Christian Medical College, Vellore, India, 1947-1957;
inaugurator mobile eye hospitals, Vellore, 1947;
professor opthalmology, Christian Medical College, Ludhiana, India, 1957-1967;
professor emeritus, Christian Medical College, Ludhiana, India, 1967-1987;
president, Rambo Committee, Inc., Sight for Curable Blind, Philadelphia, 1973-1987. Opthalmologist numerous sight-restoring operations for blind. Affiliated with research demonstration project for mobile opthal. units, Center NSEW, from 1930.
Served with United Christian Missionary Society, 1923-1973.
Fellow American College of Surgeons, Royal College Surgeons Edinburgh (Scotland). Member All-India Opthal. Society (president 1957), American Medical Association, Pennsylvania Medical Society, Philadelphia County Medical Society, International Congress Opthalmology, Oxford Opthalmic Congress, Sigma Xi.
Married Louise Steinmetz Birch, October 8, 1923. Children: Helen Elizabeth, Victor Birch, William Milton, Barbara Louise, Thomas Clough.