William Wiess Belford

Background

Belford, William Wiess was born on November 24, 1897 in Georgetown, Texas, United States. Son of Charles Sanford and Mary Emily (Carothers) Belford.

Education

AB, Southwestern University, 1918. Doctor of Medicine, Johns Hopkins University, 1922.

Career

Intern, New Haven Hospital, 1922-1923; intern then resident, St. Louis Childrens Hospital, 1923-1926; instructor pediatrics, Washington University Medical School, St. Louis, 1924-1925; private practice pediatrics, San Diego, from 1926. Attending pediatrician San Diego County, Mercy, Childrens, Grossmont, Sharp Memorial, Scripps Memorial, Chula Vista Community Hospitals. Consultant California Crippled Children's Superior vena cava syndrome, United States Navy Hospital.

San Diego delegate White House Conference Children and Youth, 1960. Active 6th Pan American Congress Pediatrics, 1960.

Achievements

• William Wiess Belford has been listed as a noteworthy Pediatrician by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Fellow American Academy Pediatrics (chairman California 1954-1958, national president 1959-1960). Member American Medical Association, California Medical Society, San Diego County Medical Society, American Heart Association, American Cancer Society, San Diego Tuberculosis Association, Southwestern Pediatric Society, San Diego Academy Medicine (president 1957), Phi Delta Theta, Phi Chi.

Connections

Married Elizabeth Russell, October 8, 1925. Children: Mary Engler, Martha Root.

Father:

Charles Sanford Belford

Mother:

Mary Emily (Carothers) Belford

Spouse:

Elizabeth Russell

child:

Mary Engler Belford

child:

Martha Root Belford