.   CURRENT COZVIMENT ·I°J‘{,“i}EAi4i‘Ii9·f,Xi \
FRED' WHARTON RANKIN- the Section on Surgery of the American Medical Asso-
` ‘ PRESIDENT-ELECT ciation. His contributions to medical literature include
Again a surgeon of international repute has been 3 m911O§13Ph 011 MSUYSGYY of the C0i011"§ F1 werk 911
elected by the House of Delegates of the American ‘_II?I1€ COi911· R€€t¤111 and A11¤$,” P11bi1Si1€d 111 1932
Medical Association to the highest honor in the province J9mtIY WIIIIHDYS- .l· A· Bdfgdn and I-- A- Buff, 311d . i
of scientific medicine. Again the House of Delegates 9} W91`k fm Cancer OI the COIO}1 and R€€1L1m, Pubr
recognized service to organized medicine: the physician h$h€(1 Wrrh Dr A- S- Grairam U1 1939 He has QISO
selected is one who has participated notably in the €011if1b¤1€€i €i1¥1Pi€1‘$ 011 S¤fg€1‘Y of the colon, W1ti1
affairs Of the Ame,-{Can kigdical Associatmn and gf particular reference to carcinoma, in several systems
aiaiiiiany other scientific bodies. Dr. Rankin was born in of surgery. ln the American Medical Association Dr.
. S'?.   ooresville, N. C., on Dec. 20, 1886. After receiving Rankin has been especially active. He was a member
iihis bachelor of arts degree from Davidson College in of the House of Delegates, representing the Section
1.905 he received his degree of doctor of medicine from on Surgery from 1935 through 1940. On several occa-
the University of Maryland in 1909 and the degree sions he has aided in the work of the reference com-
of master of arts from St. mittees. In 1936 he was
john’s College in 1913. __ ;__,:,_:_____ ._=_·     appointed to the member-
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ary toc or o sciences y _ _»V:VV:_ 5    ::_i    ,..   °:-·_»     ..·-    uca io an
Davidson College, his alma __:__.    I i °i`''’‘   _4;Va Hospitals, and he has been
mater, in 1937, and honor- i   . gi  active in the work of that
ii`i   ary LL.D. by the Uni-  ii Q “) —°_’_   liiodyla He waisi appointid
versity of Maryland in   A ·, ._ ·   ‘i’= y t e spea er of t e
1939, Following his gradu-   i·,a:   a1,,,,   House of Delegates a
ation in medicine he be-   '·ii   E‘t      member of the Committee
came a resident surgeonat   ; ',i‘i  _; ,,V_   rzt   on Medical Preparedness
the University Hospital in 9*   ;,, 1; V;a.._ i _; N    1n_194O and has been
Baltimore from 1909 to   ,=_,    assiduous in the duties of
1912 and served as   _’t:“ that committee and espe-
assistant demonstrator of  F cially in 1n1l1tary prepared-
anatomy and associate in _       ness in the Fifth Corps
Surgery er die Urrivererry . »   ’‘::. . »i;i;r= 2   i»r.`.¢   =...   iiii   ‘’t  ii i`i1   I Area- Id 1923 Dr- Fred
of Maryland Medical Vazi   .__’  -;_i »._i·-;     ____ ;  ..::»   _ · W. Rankin married Miss
School from 1913 to 1916.   :_·‘‘i   ·ii='.i   :__,V=   i’:iZ T i a   ii - Edith Mayo, a daughter
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surgeon to the Mayo FRED W- RANKIN» MD- , to attend many meetings
Clinic and as assijciatc PRESIDENT—ELECT or rm: AM:~;mcAN MEDICAL ASSOCIATION Oi State and other nicdical
professor at the University of Minnesota Medical organizations, indicating not only his popularity with
School, Mayo Foundation, 1926-1933. He then removed the medical profession but his devotion to the work
to Lexington, Ky., where he became surgeon to of organized medicine.
St. joseph’s and the Good Samaritan hospitals, with
A which he has been associated since jan. 1, 1934. In THE DISTINGUISHED SERVICE MEDAL
the X/Vorld VVar Dr. Rankin served as a major in To the distinguished names of Rudolph Matas,
the Medical Corps for seventeen months and was surgeon, james B. Herrick, internist, and Chevalier
attached to the First Army Corps, 4th and 26th divi- jackson, otolaryngologist, the House of Delegates added
sions in France, as commanding officer of Base Hos- that of Dr. james Ewingrof New York, world famed
_ pital No. 26. He is now a colonel in the Medical as a pathologist, as the recipient of the Distinguished
Reserve Corps. He has been honored by`1nany medical Service Award of the American Medical Association
organizations, including the presidency of the Southern for 1941. Although 74 years of age, Dr. Ewing came
Surgical Association and the Southeastern Surgical at once from New York to be present on the platform
Congress. He is a fellow of the American College of at the opening session to receive the Distinguished Ser-
Surgeons and a member of the American Surgical vice Medal in person. To repeat the record of his
Association, American Proctologic Society, Eastern and career is almost unnecessary, since he is widely known
KN/'estern Surgical associations, Southern Medical Asso- on several continents. Dr. james Ewing was born
ciation and many surgical clubs and medical fraterni- in Pittsburgh on Christmas day, 1866. He received
ties. He was one of the founder members of the his bacheloris degree from Amherst in 1888 and his
American Board of Surgery, representing in that body master of arts degree in 1891. Following his funda-