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Jefferies, William McKendree was born on October 1, 1915 in Richmond, Virginia, United States. Son of Richard Henry and Mary Adeline (Harris) Jefferies.
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Jefferies, William McKendree was born on October 1, 1915 in Richmond, Virginia, United States. Son of Richard Henry and Mary Adeline (Harris) Jefferies.
Bachelor summa cum laude, Hampden Sydney College, 1935; Doctor of Medicine, University of Virginia, 1940.
Instructor in Mathematics, Physics, Chemistry, McGuires University School, Richmond, Virginia, 1936;
resident, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, 1940-1942;
flight surgeon, San Antonio Aviation Cadet Center, 1942;
post surgeon, India China Division Air Transport Command, 1943-1945;
division medical inspector, India China Division Air Transport Command, 1945;
research fellow American Cancer Society Committee on Growth National Research Council, Harvard Medical School, Boston, 1946-1949;
from instructor to assistant professor medicine, Case Western Reserve Medical School, Cleveland, 1949-1992;
clinical professor medicine, University of Virginia School of Medicine, Charlottesville, since 1993. Member internship committee University Hospitals, Cleveland, 1955-1965. Board directors Brush Foundation, 1966-1967.
Member committee for human investigation Lutheran Medical Center, Cleveland, 1977-1992. Chairman diabetes advising committee Euclid General Hospital, Cleveland, 1979-1982.
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Committee member Boy Scouts American, Shaker Heights, Ohio, 1957-1968. Past chairman council of deacons, board of ministry and fellowship Plymouth Church of Shaker Heights. Lieutenant colonel medical corps United States Army (attached to air force) India Burma Theatre.
Fellow American College of Physicians. Member American Association for the Advancement of Science, Sons of the American Revolution, American Medical Association, New York Academy of Sciences, Albemarle County Medical Society, American Thyroid Association (Van Meter award 1949), Clinical Immunology Society, Endocrine Society, American Fertility Society, American Federation for Clinical Research, Central Society for Clinical Research, Friends of The National Library of Medicine, American Legion, Cheshire Cheese Club, Raven Society, Phi Beta Kappa, Omicron Delta Kappa, Alpha Omega Alpha, Kappa Alpha, Phi Beta Pi.
Married Jeanne Telfair Mercer, December 28, 1946 (deceased December, 1991). Children: Richard Mercer, Scott McKendree, Colin Tucker, Leslie McLaurin.