Background
Carrington, William John was born on February 4, 1884 in Jefferson City, Missouri, United States. Son of William T. and Mary (Holloway) Carrington.
Carrington, William John was born on February 4, 1884 in Jefferson City, Missouri, United States. Son of William T. and Mary (Holloway) Carrington.
Educated Warrensburg (Missouri) Normal School, 1898-1900. Bachelor of Arts, University of Missouri, 1904. Doctor of Medicine Jefferson Medical College, Philadelphia, 1908.
Interne Jefferson Hospital, Philadelphia, 1908-1909. Engaged in practice of medicine at Atlantic City, New Jersey, since 1910, specializing in gynecology and obstetrics since 1920. Now lieutenant colonel Medical Corps, chief of Surgical Services and chief of Women's and Obstetric Sections, Schick General Hospital, Clinton, Iowa.
Attending gynecologist, Atlantic City Hospital, Pine Rest, Atlantic County Hospital for Mental Diseases, Atlantic City Municipal Hospital.
Director Guarantee Trust Company President School Board, Ventnor, New Jersey, 1928-1929. Past president Atlantic Council Boy Scouts.
Fellow American College Surgeons, International College Surgeons (Geneva). Member American Medical Association (past vice president), Medical Society of New Jersey (ex-president), New Jersey Sanitation Association, New Jersey Surgical Society, Philadelphia Obstetrical and Pathology Societies, Atlantic County Medical Society (past president), Eugene Field Society, National Physicians Committee, Jefferson Alumni Association (past president), Kappa Sigma.
Congregationalist.
Clubs: Kiwanis International (past international president), Atlantic City Country, Haddon Hall Racquets.
Married Lucy Grier, January 10, 1910. Children: William, Lucy, Mary Catherine, Elizabeth, Emily, Jane Randolph.