William Wesley Wilkerson

Background

Wilkerson, William Wesley was born on November 11, 1897 in Nashville, Tennessee, United States. Son of William Wesley and Emma Dunn (Hill) Wilkerson.

Education

Doctor of Medicine Vanderbilt University, 1920.

Career

Junior), Emma Jane (Mistress Thomas L. Yount, Junior). Intern, Long Island City Hospital, 1920. Resident Bellevue Hospital, New York City, 1921-1924.

Staff Vanderbilt University Hospital, since 1924, Mid-State Baptist Hospital, Nashville.

Assistant professor otolaryngology Vanderbilt University. Practice medicine, 1924-1956, specializing otolaryngology.

Founder, medical director, president Bill Wilkerson Hearing and Speech Center, 1951-1958, Chairman of the Board, since 1958. Chairman Davidson County Zoning Committee, 1938, Nashville Smoke Abatement Committee, 1944, Tennessee State Tuberculosis Hospitals.

Medical advising committee Tennessee Vocational Rehabilitation Service.

Member Government"s Committee for Handicapped. Director Tennessee Hearing and Speech Foundation. Board directors Cordell Hull Foundation.

Achievements

• William Wesley Wilkerson has been listed as a noteworthy physician. by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Served as private United States Army, 1918. Diplomate American Board Otolaryngology. American College of Surgeons fellowship

Member American Laryngol., Rhinological, Otological Society (vice president Southern section 1950), Tennessee Medical Association, Nashville Academy Medicine (president 1949), Tennessee Academy Ophthalmology and Otolaryngology (president 1944), American Laryngol.

Association, American Legion, Nashville Chamber of Commerce (director 1948). Club: Belle Meade Country.

Connections

Married Fawn L. Parent, October 30, 1924. Children: William Wesley, Nancy Fawn (Mistress Walter Joseph Diehl.

Father:

William Wesley Wilkerson

Mother:

Emma Dunn (Hill) Wilkerson

Spouse:

Fawn L. Parent

child:

William Wesley Wilkerson

child:

Nancy Fawn (Mistress Walter Joseph Diehl Wilkerson