George Smith (1919–1994) was a 20th century Scottish surgeon who emigrated to the United States of America.

Life

He was born on 4 June 1919 in

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the son of John Shand Smith and his wife Lilimina Myles Mathers. He was educated at the

Grove Academy Grove Academy is an 11–18 mixed secondary school in Broughty Ferry, Dundee, Scotland. History Grove Academy was established in 1889. In 2007, construction began on completely new buildings on the site of the Extension Buildings and huts. T ...

. He then studied Medicine at St. Andrews University graduating MB ChB in 1942, and starting as an intern at

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. In the

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he served as surgeon Lieutenant with the

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. In 1945 he was created a Member of the

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(MBE). In 1959 he became Chairman of the St Andrews Medical School and in 1960 became Professor of Surgery at the

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. In 1967 he was elected a member of the Harveian Society of Edinburgh.< From 1974 to 1978 he also was Director of the Institute of Environmental and Offshore Medicine (linked to the oil industry).

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awarded him an honorary doctorate (DSc) in 1964. In 1980 he was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh. His proposers were Alexander Macdonald, J. R. Anderson,

William Weipers Sir William Lee Weipers, FRCVS FRSE (1904–1990) was a Scottish veterinary surgeon and educator. Glasgow University's Weiper Memorial Lecture is named in his honour as is the Weipers Centre for Equine Welfare. He was President of the Royal Co ...

Robert Campbell Garry Robert Campbell Garry DSc (1933) OBE FRSE LLD (1900–1993) was a British physician and Professor of Medicine at the University of St Andrews and the University of Glasgow. During World War II, as an expert on human physiology, he advised on ...

Martin Smellie Robert Martin Stuart Smellie FRSE FIB (1927–1988) was a 20th-century Scottish biochemist and first Cathcart Professor of Biochemistry at the University of Glasgow. The university's Smellie Prize is named after him. Life He was born in Roth ...

, Stanley Alstead, A. W. Kay and J. Cook. He emigrated to the

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in 1982. In 1983 he became Chief of the Veterans Administration Hospital at Fayetteville, North Carolina. From 1985 he was additionally Consultant Surgeon to Duke University. He died on 12 September 1994.

Publications

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Family

In August 1951 he married Vivienne Mary Tuck. they had three children: Peter John Shand Smith, Pamela Marie Smith and Robert Sidney Smith.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Smith, George 1919 births 1994 deaths People from Carnoustie People educated at Grove Academy Alumni of the University of St Andrews Academics of the University of Aberdeen Fellows of the Royal Society of Edinburgh Scottish emigrants to the United States Royal Navy Medical Service officers Members of the Order of the British Empire Scottish surgeons Royal Navy officers of World War II American hospital administrators Former members of the Harveian Society of Edinburgh