Background
Holmes, Walter Richard was born on December 10, 1887 in Macon, Georgia, United States. Son of Walter Richard and Leila (Burke) Holmes.
Holmes, Walter Richard was born on December 10, 1887 in Macon, Georgia, United States. Son of Walter Richard and Leila (Burke) Holmes.
Bachelor of Arts, University of Georgia 1909. Doctor of Medicine Johns Hopkins 1913.
Interne, Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore 1913-1914, assistant resident in gynecology 1914-1916, resident 1917 instructor in gynecology Johns Hopkins University, 1917. Private practice, Atlanta from 1920. Visiting gynecologist Emory University Hospital, Grady Memorial Hospital from 1930.
Consulting gynecologist Henrietta Egleston Hospital for Children.
Member of faculty Emory University Medical School since 1921 as instructor in gynecology, 1921-1922, associate, 1922-1941, associate professor, 1941-1945, professor clinical gynecology, 1945-1962, emeritus professor clinical gynecology, from 1962.
Served as first lieutenant, Medical Corps, United States Army 1917-1918. Diplomate American Board Obstetrics and Gynecology, 1939. F.A.C.S. (Board of Governors).
Member American Medical Association, Southern Medical Association Southern Society of Clinical Surgeons (president 1933), Southern Surgical Association, South. Atlantic Association of Obstetricians and Gynecologists, South. Eastern Surgical Association, American Association Obstetricians, Gynecologists and Abdominal Surgs., Georgia Obstetrical and Gynecological Society, Phi Beta Kappa, Alpha Omega Alpha.
Phi Delta Theta, Phi Chirurgical Clubs: Piedmont Driving, Capital City, Fifty.
Married Idelle Palmour, September 28, 1922. Children: Palmour Holmes (Mistress Pope McIntire), Kate (Mistress Ellis Murphy).