Background
Benedict, William Lemuel was born on February 13, 1885 in Springport, Indiana, United States. Son of Hanford and Grace D. (Lanham) Benedict.
Benedict, William Lemuel was born on February 13, 1885 in Springport, Indiana, United States. Son of Hanford and Grace D. (Lanham) Benedict.
Graduate Spiceland (Indiana) Academy, 1904. Doctor of Medicine University of Michigan, 1912, Doctor of Laws, 1955.
Demonstrator ophthalmology University of Michigan Medical School, 1912-1913. Assistant to Doctor West. R. Parker, Detroit, 1913-1914. Group practice medicine, Fresno, California, 1914-1917.
Head ophthalmology section Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota, 1917-1950, president staff, 1932-1934, professor opthalmology University of Minnesota Graduate School Medical, Mayo Foundation, to 1950.
President Ophthalmic Public Company, Chicago Secretary general XVII International Congress Ophthalmology, 1951. Consultant American Board Ophthalmology.
Member American Ophthalmological Society, American Academy Ophtalmology and Otolaryngology (executive secretary, treasurer 1942), American Medical Association, Minnesota Academy Medicine, Sigma Xi, Phi Beta Pi. Member Disciples of Christ Church. Mason.; Clubs: University, Kiwanis (president Rochester 1923).
Married Edith Henrietta Betz, June 2, 1914. Children: Virginia Clare, Barbara Jane, Walter Hanford, John William.