William Crawford White

Background

White, William Crawford was born on August 20, 1886 in Hoboken, New Jersey, United States. Son of William Henry and Mary (Lavell) White.

Education

Bachelor of Science, Wesleyan University, 1908, Doctor of Science, 1946. Doctor of Medicine Columbia, 1912.

Career

Interne, Roosevelt Hospital, 1913-1915, surgical pathologist, 1921-1928, assistant attending surgeon, 1921-1928, associate, 1928-1940, chief 2d surgical division Roosevelt Hospital, 1940-1952, consulting surgeon since 1952. Attending surgeon Lincoln Hospital, 1920-1925. Consultant surgeon New York Nursery and Childs.

1928-1933, Tuxedo Memorial Hospital, since 1930, Saint Luke’s Hospital, Lincoln Hospital, Vassar Brothers Hospital, Poughkeepsie, New York, Memorial Hospital, Morristown, New Jersey, Norwalk (Connecticut) Hospital, instructor in surgical, College of Physicians and Surgeons, Columbia University, 1916-1928, assistant clinical professor, 1938-1942, clinical professor of surgery, 1942-1952.

Achievements

• William Crawford White has been listed as a noteworthy surgeon. by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Served as captain, Medical Corps, American Expeditionary Force, World War I, 1917-1919. Trustee Wesleyan University, since 1942. A founder American Board of Surgery, 1937.

Fellow American College of Surgeons.

Member of New York County Medical Society (president, 1946-1947), American Medical Association, New York Surgical Society (president 1943-1945), American Surgical Association New York Academy Medical (vice president 1950-1953), American Cancer Society (director 1939-1946), New York Cancer Society (president), Phi Beta Kappa, Phi Nu Theta. President Society Relief Widows and Orphans of Medical Men. since 1938.

Clubs: Century, Clinical Research, Hospital Graduates.

Connections

Married Caroline Ruth Taylor, June 1, 1917. Children: Thomas Taylor, Mary Lavell (Mistress John Lawrence Fearey), Norval Crawford.

Father:

William Henry White

Mother:

Mary (Lavell) White

Spouse:

Caroline Ruth Taylor

child:

Thomas Taylor White

child:

Norval Crawford White

child:

Mary Lavell White (Mistress John Lawrence Fearey)