Background
Edgerton, Winfield Dow was born on November 8, 1924 in Caruthersville, Missouri, United States. Son of Winfield Dow and Anna Kathryn (Hale) Edgerton.
Edgerton, Winfield Dow was born on November 8, 1924 in Caruthersville, Missouri, United States. Son of Winfield Dow and Anna Kathryn (Hale) Edgerton.
Student, Central College, Fayette, Missouri, 1942-1944; Doctor of Medicine Washington University, St. Louis, 1947.
Intern, St. Luke's Hospital, St. Louis, 1947-1948; resident, Chicago Lying-In Hospital, 1948-1949; resident, Free Hospital for Women, Brookline, Massachusetts, 1951; resident, United States Naval Hospital, Chelsea, Massachusetts, 1951-1953; practice medicine specializing in obstetrics and gynecology, Davenport, Iowa., 1955-1987; clinical assistant professor obstetrics and gynecology, U. Iowa College Medicine, 1971-1978; clinical associate professor, U. Iowa College Medicine, 1979-1982; clinical professor, U. Iowa College Medicine, since 1982. Member of staff, medical director Maternal Health Center St. Luke's Hospital (name changed to Genesis Medical Center).
Served to lieutenant Medical Corps, United States Navy, 1949-1955. Fellow American College Obstetricians and Gynecologists (past chairman Iowa section), Royal Society Medicine. Member Central Association Obstetricians and Gynecologists, American Fertility Society, American Association Gynecologic Laparoscopists (past trustee), Gynecologic Laser Society, American Medical Association, Iowa Medical Society, Scott County Medical Society (past president).
Married Rose Marie Cahill, June 24, 1945. 1 child, Winfield Dow.