Henry William Scott, Jr. Biographical File
Abstract
Biographical file includes photographs of Dr. Scott and colleagues, obituary, speeches, correspondence, numerous reprinted journal articles, CVs, newspaper clippings, and other biographical information.
Dates
- Creation: 1941 - 1998
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Reproduction Rights
Copyright is retained by the authors of items in these papers, or their descendants, as stipulated by United States copyright law.
Historical or Biographical Note
Henry William Scott Jr., M.D., received his medical degree from Harvard University Medical School with highest honors in 1941. After his residency, he went to Johns Hopkins University Hospital in Baltimore in 1946 as chief resident in surgery, and a year later was appointed to the faculty of the university's School of Medicine.
Five years later, in 1952, Scott joined the Vanderbilt to head the medical center's Department of Surgery, a position he held until 1982. Colleagues remember Scott as a dedicated teacher and a gifted surgeon who made significant contributions in the fields of cardiothoracic, vascular, general, and pediatric surgery.
Full Extent
0.01 Cubic Feet
Language of Materials
English
Separated Materials note
Files are contained in 2 boxes labeled as Henry William Scott Collection and are stored with other boxed files from the biographical file grouping.
- Title
- Henry William Scott, Jr. (1916-1998) biographical file
- Status
- Completed
- Author
- Processed by EBL Special Collections Staff
- Date
- 2010-07-28
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
- Language of description note
- Description is inEnglish.
Repository Details
Part of the VUMC Historical Images and Biographies Repository
Eskind Biomedical Library
2209 Garland Ave.
Nashville TN 37232
historyofmedicine@vanderbilt.edu
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