xt7xks6j2258_376 https://exploreuk.uky.edu/dips/xt7xks6j2258/data/mets.xml https://exploreuk.uky.edu/dips/xt7xks6j2258/data/rankin4kdl.dao.xml Rankin, Fred W. (Fred Wharton),
                    1886- Cubit feet ? 7 boxes This collection comprises six scrapbooks (plus one box of miscellaneous items) of letters, newsclippings, and photographs documenting major milestones in the career of Lexinngton, Kentucky surgeon Fred W. Rankin, M.D. archival material English unknown This digital resource may be freely searched and displayed.  Permission must be received for subsequent distribution in print or electronically.  Physical rights are retained by the owning repository.  Copyright is retained in accordance with U. S. copyright laws.  For information about permissions to reproduce or publish, contact the Special Collections Research Center. Fred W. Rankin, M.D. Scrapbooks Correspondence –– Rankin, Fred W. (Fred Wharton),
                1886- American Medical Association Military Medicine –– History –– United
                States American Surgical Association American College of Surgeons Letter from Roland S. Clinton, M.D., Gastonia, North                                 Carolina, to Fred W. Rankin, M.D., congratulating him on his                                 promotion to the rank of Brigadier General text Letter from Roland S. Clinton, M.D., Gastonia, North                                 Carolina, to Fred W. Rankin, M.D., congratulating him on his                                 promotion to the rank of Brigadier General 2012 https://exploreuk.uky.edu/dips/xt7xks6j2258/data/rankin4kdl_4/rankin4kdl_4_57/i4-57/i4-57.pdf July 15, 1943 1943 July 15, 1943 section false xt7xks6j2258_376 xt7xks6j2258 r`l U= » RS.CMNTON.M.D. 4*1l_ ` -
zu was·r MAIN AvENuE ‘ 
GASTONIA, N. C.
July 15, 1945.
Brig-Gen. Fred W. Rnnkin,
Washi¤;t•n, D.C.,
. Dear General Rankin:
Please a••ept ny ap•l•gy in n•t writing t• y•u
and extending my sincere ••mgrutulatu•ms b•th upon y•ur well
deserved gr•¤•ti•e as well an f•r your w•rk s• well dome as ynst
- president •f the A.M.A., but it was •¤ly e few days e;• thet I was
infereed •f y•ur gr•m•ti•n, which hewever was ne surprise to yeur
legion •f friends in this •¢mnu¤ity.
It muat be 1 feelin; •f deep and lasting
eatisfn•ti•n t• y•u t• kn•w thet y•u have s• eany friends who
rej•i•e with y•u in b•th •f these great w•rk¤ s• nbly perferxed
in the past as well as in the present but n•zt ef all it seems t•
give greatest pleasure to these •f us wh• wer• undergreiuntes amd ·
imternes wh• were privileged t• "sit at y•ur feet" as it were ned
had the rleesure end rare •pp•rtunity •f studying under y•u. Key y•u
eej•y euuy yeers ef health and haypineas (which t• yeu will neun d
very great deal •T arduu•u¤ laber) in whi•h t• eerry •n your greet
serviaee t• the zreed f•rae¤ and to merkind in yarti•ular.Ey best
wishes t• Ers. Rankin and the ebildree une uey all the gend things •f
life which y•ues• ri•hly deserve, be ever y•urs. _
i Y•urs truly, ·
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R•lavd S. C inten,
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