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                    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),
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                States American Surgical Association American College of Surgeons News clipping. Source unknown. "Frederic Wharton Rankin ––                                 President-Elect." Handwritten note on clipping: "Dear Fred: That's                                 you we are talking about! A.W." text News clipping. Source unknown. "Frederic Wharton Rankin ––                                 President-Elect." Handwritten note on clipping: "Dear Fred: That's                                 you we are talking about! A.W." 2012 https://exploreuk.uky.edu/dips/xt7xks6j2258/data/rankin4kdl_2/rankin4kdl_2_10/i2-10-1/i2-10-1.pdf June 9, 1941 1941 June 9, 1941 section false xt7xks6j2258_71 xt7xks6j2258     ..i.i   if ‘     ° Til
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CUR COM——Cr. X (M. F.) Myrs 6-9-41
ONE ILLUSTRATION
FREDERIC WHARTON RANKIN——
PRESIDENT—ELECT
Again a surgeon of international repute has been
elected by the House of Delegates of the American
Medical Association to the highest honor in the province
of scientific medicine. Again the House of Delegates
. recognized service to organized medicine: the physician
selected is one who has participated notably in the
affairs of the American Medical Association and of
many other scientific bodies. Dr. Rankin was born in
Mooresville, N. C., on Dec. 20, 1886. After receiving
his bachelor of arts degree from Davidson College in
1905 he received his degree of doctor of medicine from
the University of Maryland in 1909 and the degree
of master of arts from St. ]ohn’s College in 1913. He
was also made honorary doctor of sciéfigesiby Davidson
College, his alma mater, in 1937, and honorary LL.D.
by the University of Maryland in 1939. Following his
graduation in medicine he became a resident surgeon
at the University Hospital in Baltimore `ff*on·r1909 to
1912 and served as assistant demonstrator of anatomy
and associate in surgery at the University of Maryland
Medical School from 1913 to 1916. He then joined
the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minn., acting as assistant
surgeon at St. Mary’s Hospital, 1916-1923. He was
professor of surgery at the University of Louisville,
1922-1923, and served as surgeon to the Mayo Clinic
and as associate professor at the University of Minne-
sota Medical School, Mayo Foundation, 1926-1933. He
then removed to Lexington, Ky., where he became sur-
geon to St; ]oseph’s and the Good Samaritan hospitals,
with which he has been associated since jan. 1, 1934.
In the Wo1·ld War Dr. Rankin served as a major in
the Medical Corps for seventeen months and was _
attached to the First Army Corps, 4th and 26th divi-
sions in France, as commanding officer of Base Hos-
pital No. 26. He is now a colonel in the Medical
Reserve Corps. He has been honored by many medical
organizations, including the presidency of the Southern
~ Surgical Association and the Southeastern Surgical
Congress. He is a fellow of the American College of
Surgeons and a member of the American Surgical
Association, American Proctologic Society, Eastern and
Western Surgical associations, Southern Medical Asso-
  i ciation and many surgical clubs and medical fraterni-
ties. He was one of the founder members of the
American Board of Surgery, representing in that body
the Section on Surgery of the American Medical Asso-
ciation. His contributions to medical literature include
a monograph on “Surgery of the Colon ;" a work on
"The Colon, Rectum and Anus," published in 1932
jointly with Drs.   A. Bargen and L. A. Buie, and
a work on {Cancer of the Colon and Rectum," pub-
T lished with A. S. Graham in 1939. He has also con- i
tributed chapters on surgery of the colon, with
particular reference to carcinoma, in several systems
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S lished with A. S. Graham in 1939. He has also con- *
tributed chapters on surgery of the colon, with
W aé.-a ..- particular reference to carcinoma, in several systems
" of surgery. In the American Medical Association Dr. ' i
Rankin has been especially active. He was a member
of the House of Delegates, representing the Section
on Surgery from 1935 through 1940. On several occa-
sions he has aided in the work of the reference commit-
s tees. In 1936 he was appointed to the membership of the
Council on Medical Education and Hospitals, and he
has been active in the work of that body. He was
appointed by the speaker of the House of Delegates
_ a member of the Committee on Medical Preparedness
in 1940 and has been assiduous in the duties of that
committee and especially in military preparedness in
the Fifth Corps Area. In 1923 Dr. Fred W. Rankin
married Miss Edith Mayo, a daughter of Dr. Charles H.
Mayo, and he has four children: Frederic Wharton,
Edith Graham, Charles Mayo and Thomas Alexander.
Almost immediately following his election he was
_ deluged with invitations to attend many meetings of
state and other medical organizations, indicating not
only his popularity with the medical profession but his
devotion to the work of organized medicine.
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