Background
Moon, Virgil Holland was born on July 31, 1879 in Craig, Indiana, United States. Son of William Louis and Lida Ann (Stanley) Moon.
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Virgil Holland Moon
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Bachelor of Arts, University of Kansas, 1910. Master of Science, 1911. Doctor of Medicine Rush Medical College, 1913.
Career
West. (Mistress Harold C. Colborn). Married second, Magdalena Altmann, May 8, 1955. Began as research pathologist, McCormick Institute, Chicago, Illinois, 1911-1914.
Fellow in pathology, Rush.
Medical College, 1913. Professor pathology and bacteriology, Indiana University, Indianapolis, Indiana, 1914-1927.
Professor pathology, Jefferson Medical College, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 1927-1948. Emeritus, 1948; professor of pathology University of Miami from 1950.
Visiting professor athology, Bowman Gray School Medicine, Winston-Salem, North Carolina, 1948.
Chief visiting pathologist Philadelphia General Hospital. Director of laboratories Jefferson Hospital, 1927-1948. Civilian consultant, Surgeon General office, 1945.
Achievements
Membership
Member American chapter International Society Geographic Pathology (chairman 1931-1953), American Association for the Advancement of Science, American Academy Political and Society Science, American Association Pathology and Bacteriol., Society Experimental Biological, Society Experimental Pathology, College American Pathologists, American Human Serum Association, College Physicians (Philadelphia), Pathology Society Philadelphia (president 1932-1933), Physiological Society Philadelphia, American Medical Association (chairman of the section on pathology and physiology, 1946), Pennsylvania State and Philadelphia County medical societies, Sigma Xi, Alpha Omega Alpha, Phi Chirurgical
Connections
Married Beryl Kelly, December 20, 1916. Married second, Magdalena Altmann, May 8, 1955.
