Willard Owen Thompson

Background

Thompson, Willard Owen was born on February 17, 1899 in Fredericton, N.B., Canada. Son of Samuel Stirling and Mary (Owen) Thompson.

Education

Bachelor of Arts, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scoti, 1919. Doctor of Medicine Harvard, 1923.

Career

Came to the United States 1920, naturalized, 1937. Engaged in practice of medicine since 1925. Interne Boston (Massachusetts) City Hospital, 1923-1925.

Research fellow in medicine Harvard Medical School, 1925-1928.

Henry P. Walcott fellow, 1928-1929. Fellow National Research Council, 1926-1928.

Graduate assistant in medicine Massachusetts General Hospital, 1925, research fellow in medicine, 1926-1929, in charge metabolism laboratory, 1926-1929. Assistant in chemistry, Harvard, 1927.

Assistant clinical professor medicine, Rush Medical College, University of Chicago, 1929-1935, associate clinical professor 1935-1941.

Associate professor medicine, University of Illinois College of Medicine, 1941-1943, professor medicine, 1943-1945, clinical professor medicine since 1945. Research associate in pathology, Cook County Hospital, 1934-1940. Associate attending physician, Presbyterian Hospital, Chicago, 1930-1946.

Attending physician, Grant Hospital, Chicago, since 1947.

Attending physician, senior staff, Henrotin Hospital, Chicago, since 1947. Attending physician, University of Illinois Research and Ednl.

Hospitals, since 1945.

Achievements

• Willard Owen Thompson has been listed as a noteworthy physician by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Member executive forum Chicago Association of Commerce and Industry. Certified by American Board Internal Medicine, 1937. Fellow American College of Physicians, American Medical Association, American Geriatrics Society (president) Society for Research in Child Development.

Member Association American Physicians, American Society Clinical Investigation, Central Society Clinical Research, Endocrine Society (vice president), Society for Experimental Biology and Medicine, American Goiter Association (president), American Association for the Advancement of Science, American Association History Medicine, American Diabetes Association, American Society Research in Psychosomatic Problems, American Therapeutic Society (vice president) Gerentol.

Society, American Society for Study of Sterility, American Heart Association, World Medical Association, American Medical Writers’ Association, American Genetic Association American Academy Compensation Medicine, Chicago Medical Service (board of trustees), Association American Medical Colleges, Institute Medicine of Chicago, Chicago Society Internal Medical, Society Medical History of Chicago, Chicago Medical Society (president), Associate Diplomates of National Board Medical Examiners (president), Mississippi Valley Medical Society (recipient distinguished Service award, 1952. Clubs: University, Racquet, Harvard (vice president for Chicago).

Connections

Married Phebe K. Christianson, June 21, 1923. Children: Willard Owen, Frederic Christianson, Nancy Kirsten, Donald McRae.

Father:

Samuel Stirling Thompson

Mother:

Mary (Owen) Thompson

Spouse:

Phebe K. Christianson

child:

Nancy Kirsten Thompson

child:

Willard Owen Thompson

child:

Frederic Christianson Thompson

child:

Donald McRae Thompson