Background
Beacham, Woodard Davis was born on April 10, 1911 in McComb, Mississippi, United States. Son of Woodard D. and Ida (Felder) Beacham.
Beacham, Woodard Davis was born on April 10, 1911 in McComb, Mississippi, United States. Son of Woodard D. and Ida (Felder) Beacham.
Bachelor of Arts, University Mississippi, 1932; Bachelor of Science, University Mississippi, 1933; Doctor of Medicine Tulane University, 1935.
Intern, Charity Hospital of Louisiana, New Orleans
resident in obstetrics-gynecology, Charity Hospital of Louisiana, New Orleans
senior resident in urology, Charity Hospital of Louisiana, New Orleans, 1939-1940;
later senior visiting surgeon, Charity Hospital of Louisiana, New Orleans
past president surgical staff, Charity Hospital, New Orleans
then consultant, Charity Hospital, New Orleans
professor clinical gynecology and obstetrics, Tulane University School Medicine, New Orleans, 1949-1981;
emeritus professor obstetrics-gynecology, Tulane University School Medicine, New Orleans, from 1981;
associate staff, Tulane Medical Center Hospital, from 1976;
obstetrician and gynecologist, Southern Baptist Hospital
president staff, Southern Baptist Hospital, 1961;
chairman condolence committee, Southern Baptist Hospital, 1976;
practice medicine specializing in obstetrics and gynecology, from 1940. Consultant Beacham Memorial Hospital, Magnolia, Mississippi, Methodist Hospital, Hotel Dieu Sisters Hospital, New Orleans. Chairman international relations committee 10th World Congress of Ob-Gyn, 1982.
President Beacham Corporation. Surgeon United States Public Health Service, 1943-1948.
Chairman board trustees Carrollton United Methodist Church, 1980, chairman pastor-parish relations committee, 1980, chairman administrative board, 1981. Member planning committee International House, 1983. Member New Orleans Tourist and Convention Commission, New Orleans Museum of Art, International Trade Mart.
Fellow American College of Surgeons (governor 1955-1963, advisory council 1963-1967, chairman 1967, 2d. vice president 1972-1973, Medical Records prize 1943, president Louisiana chapter, member committee on medical devices, presiding officer symposium 1983), American Gynecological Society (member council 1959-1960), American Association Obstetricians and Gynecologists (vice president 1970-1971, member Foundation), American College Obstetricians and Gynecologists (1st president 1951-1952, committee on liaison with International Federation Gynaecology and Obstetrics from 1973, delegate VIIIth World Congress Obstetrics and Gynaecology 1976, Distinguished Service award 1976, Award of Excellence 1986, chairman Library for History of Obstetrics and Gynecology, member task force on geriatric gynecology, committee on development), Silver Badge Club. Member American Gynec-Ob Society, Southern Gynec-Ob Society (president 1967), American Medical Association (chairman section obstetrics and gynecology 1957-1958), Southern Medical Association (chairman section on obstetrics 1949, member council 1961-1963, Second vice president 1972, 1st vice president 1973), Fifty Year Club of America Medicine, Louisiana Chamber of Commerce, Orleans Parish medical societies, New Orleans Graduate Medical Assembly (past president, advisory council from 1965, chairman long range planning committee 1976-1977), New Orleans Gynecological and Obstetrical Society (past president), American Cancer Society, Royal Society Medicine, Ole Mississippi Loyalty Foundation, Conrad G. Collins Obstetric and Gynecologic Society Tulane University (1st president), Central Association Obstetricians and Gynecologists (assistant secretary 1950-1952), American Association Medical Colleges (emeritus), American Fertility Society (charter associate member), Tulane Medical Alumni Association (director 1970-1971, secretary 1971-1973, Second vice president 1973-1974, 1st vice president 1974-1975, president 1976-1977), Sociedad Peruana De Obstetricia y Gynecologia (correspondent foreign member), Sociedad Paraquaya De Ginecologia y Obstetricia (honorary), University Mississippi Alumni Association (director 1962-1965, past president New Orleans chapter), Philippine Obstetrical and Gynecological Society (honorary), American Association for the Advancement of Science, University Mississippi Guardian Society, Doctors Club International, Association Professors Gynecology and Obstetrics, Emeritus Club of Tulane University, Sigma Xi, Alpha Omega Alpha, Phi Chi (grand presiding senior, national president 1969-1973, executive trustee from 1973), Beta Theta Pi. Clubs: Plimsoll, New Orleans Country, Circumnavigators, Tulane Green Wave, International House (founding member, executive director from 1977), World Trade of New Orleans (founder).