St. Louis surgeon, professor of clinical surgery at Washington University School of Medicine and Chief of Staff at St. Luke's Hospital. During World War I, he served as a Lieutenant-Colonel in the Medical Corps, N.S.A., and was Chief Surgeon of Base Hospital 21. He was the President of the Corporation of Washington University for ten years, and his generosity helped to equip the operating floor of the Rand-Johnson Surgical Wing of Barnes Hospital and to create the Clopton Auditorium in the Wohl Clinics Building. He also donated Brookhill Farm, which is used for research in nutrition, as well as various gifts to the St. Louis Art Museum, Washington University Art Department and the hospitals where he served.
St. Louis surgeon, professor of clinical surgery at Washington University School of Medicine and Chief of Staff at St. Luke's Hospital. During World War I, he served as a Lieutenant-Colonel in the Medical Corps, N.S.A., and was Chief Surgeon of Base Hospital 21. He was the President of the Corporation of Washington University for ten years, and his generosity helped to equip the operating floor of the Rand-Johnson Surgical Wing of Barnes Hospital and to create the Clopton Auditorium in the Wohl Clinics Building. He also donated Brookhill Farm, which is used for research in nutrition, as well as various gifts to the St. Louis Art Museum, Washington University Art Department and the hospitals where he served.
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