Author Biographical Info

Dr. Philip Showalter Hench was born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania February 28, 1896. He died on vacation in Jamaica, March 30, 1965. He graduated from Lafayette College, Easton, Pennsylvania, at the age of 20 and entered the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine. He completed his medical studies in 1920 and in 1921 became a fellow at the Mayo Graduate School of Medicine of the University of Minnesota. He was appointed faculty member at the Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota, in 1925. In 1926 he was appointed head of the new section on rheumatic diseases. In 1928 he studied in Frieburg, Germany under the pathologist Professor Aschoff and in Munich under Professor von Muller. In 1953 he became a senior consultant of the Mayo Clinic. He retired from the Mayo Clinic and Mayo Graduate School of Medicine in 1957. See more at Hench, Philip Showalter.

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Identifier

AVA-MS076-009-03

Publication Date(s)

1934-08-08

Language

English

Keywords

Award presentations, Rochester (Minn.), American Legion, William James Mayo, Charles H. Mayo (Charles Horace), Mayo Clinic, sound recordings, speeches (compositions)

Abstract

This recording features part of an American Legion award ceremony recognizing Dr. William J. Mayo and Dr. Charles H. Mayo. Edward A. Hayes, National Commander for the American Legion, recognizes the Drs. Mayo for their "continuous and unselfish service rendered to World War veterans and their dependents." The original five record set has been divided into eight digital files. See more at Philip S. Hench, MD Papers and its finding aid.

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Digital copies made available by the Texas Medical Center Library

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