Background
Spain, Will Cook was born on August 10, 1891 in Murfreesboro, Tennessee, United States. Son of Thomas and Annie May (Cook) Spain.
Spain, Will Cook was born on August 10, 1891 in Murfreesboro, Tennessee, United States. Son of Thomas and Annie May (Cook) Spain.
Bachelor of Arts, University of Michigan, 1914. Doctor of Medicine Vanderbilt University, 1918.
Interne, New York Post-Graduate Hospital, 1918-1919, resident physician, 1919. Attending physician, New York Hospital, allergy clinic, 1919-1929. Instructor in immunology, Cornell Univercity Medical School, 1922-1924, instructor clinical pediatrics, Cornell Univercity, 1933-1935.
Attending physician and director, department of allergy, New York Post-Graduate Hospital, Columbia University, 1924-1948.
Professor clinical medicine, New York Post-Graduate Medical School, Columbia, 1930-1948. Chief pediatric allergy clinic, New York Hospital, 1933-1935.
Visiting physician, 1st Division Welfare Hospital, 1940-1941. Assistant professor clinical medicine, New York Medical College, 1940-1942.
Attending physician and director department allergy, U. Hospital, since 1948, professor clinical medicine, New York University Post-Graduate Medical School, since 1948.
Visiting physician, 4th Medical Division, Bellevue Hospital, since 1949. Consultant in allergy, Mather Memorial Hospital, 1930-1953.
Served as First lieutenant, Medical Reserve Corporation 1914. Fellow American Medical Association, American College Physicians, New York Academy of Medicine, Medical Society of State New York, Medical Society Company of New New York Member Society for the Study of Asthma and Allied Conditions (secretary-treasurer 1924-1945), American Academy of Allergy (secretary 1944, vice president 1946, president 1947).
Member editorial board Journal of Allergy, since 1953.
Married Grace Jones, October 12, 1921. Children: Joann (Mistress Arthur Rasmussen), Janet (Mistress William Spoor).