Background
Dermott, William Vincent Mc was born on March 7, 1917 in Salem, Massachusetts, United States. Son of William Vincent and Mary A. (Feenan) McDermott.
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William Vincent Mc Dermott
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AB, Harvard University, 1938; Doctor of Medicine, Harvard University, 1942.
Career
Intern, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, 1942;
assistant resident surgeon, Massachusetts General Hospital, 1946-1949;
chief resident surgeon, Massachusetts General Hospital, 1950;
practice medicine specializing in surgery, Boston, since 1951;
member of staff, Massachusetts General Hospital, since 1951;
member of staff, New England Deaconess Hospital, since 1963;
director Fifth (Harvard) Surgical Svc. and Sears Surgical Laboratory, Boston City Hospital, 1963-1973;
member corporation visiting committee, since 1968;
United States Public Health Service fellow department biochemistry, School Medicine, Yale University, 1949-1950;
from instructor to professor surgery, Medical School Harvard University, 1951-1969;
Cheever professor surgery, Medical School Harvard University, 1969-1987;
professor surgery emeritus, Medical School Harvard University, since 1987;
secretary Faculty of Medicine, Medical School Harvard University, 1985-1987. Tutor premedical advisory Cabot House, Harvard College, since 1989. Visiting professor pro tem Kings College Hospital Medical School, London, 1960.
Director Harvard Surgical Svc. and Cancer Research Institute, 1973-1980. Department chairman surgery New England Deaconess Hospital, 1980-1985, member visiting committee, since 1987, board directors.
Achievements
Membership
President Medical Foundation, Boston, 1968-1970, trustee, 1970-1987, honorary trustee, since 1987. Board trusteees National Youth Leadership Forum, since 1995. Major Medical Corps Army of the United States, 1943-1946, European Theatre of Operations.
Member American College of Surgeons (Board of Governors 1984-1990, president Massachusetts chapter 1980), Society University Surgeons, American Surgical Association, American Academy Arts and Sciences, New England Surgical Society (president 1985-1986), Boston Surgical Society (president 1971), Harvard Medical Alumni Association (treasurer 1965-1968, president 1975-1976, director alumni relations 1987-1993, board directors 1993-1995), Harvard College Alumni Association, Society de Chirurgie International, Association Academy Surgery, Society Surgery Alimentary Tract, Aesculapian Club (president 1971), Harvard Club of Boston (Board of Governors 1971-1977), Tavern Club, Country Club.
Connections
Married Blanche O'Riorden, May 15, 1943 (deceased July 1969). Children: Blanche Anne, William Shaw, Jane Travers Hoch. Married Mary Boit Bingham, June 1, 1976 (deceased 1984).
Married Frances Weld Gardiner, June 16, 1989 (deceased 1993).
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American