J. Louis Jack
American, 1893 - 1996
BiographyJohn Louis Jack was born on 25 November 1893 in New York City. He attended Brown University and graduated from Rhode Island State College (now known as University of Rhode Island) in 1915. From 1917-1919, he served in World War I in France with the Second Field Artillery. He graduated from Yale School of Medicine in 1923. He was a surgeon at Grace-New Haven Hospital and retired in 1950. He also had a private practice with his brother, Gabriel J. Jack, M.D. in New Haven, Connecticut.
He married Gladys E. McPherson (1889-1977) in 1924.
In 1992, on Dr. Jack's 100th birthday, he was honored with a Doctor of Humane Letters degree by the University of Rhode Island and was the first recipient of their Distinguished Alumni Award in 1990.
Dr. J. Louis Jack died at the age of 103 on 19 November 1996 in North Haven, Connecticut.
Source: Yale University. School of Medicine. (1998). Spring 1997. In Yale medicine: alumni bulletin of the School of Medicine (Vol. 31–32, (1996-1998)). Retrieved from https://archive.org/details/yalemedicinealum3132yale/page/n131/mode/2up?q=louis+jack.
He married Gladys E. McPherson (1889-1977) in 1924.
In 1992, on Dr. Jack's 100th birthday, he was honored with a Doctor of Humane Letters degree by the University of Rhode Island and was the first recipient of their Distinguished Alumni Award in 1990.
Dr. J. Louis Jack died at the age of 103 on 19 November 1996 in North Haven, Connecticut.
Source: Yale University. School of Medicine. (1998). Spring 1997. In Yale medicine: alumni bulletin of the School of Medicine (Vol. 31–32, (1996-1998)). Retrieved from https://archive.org/details/yalemedicinealum3132yale/page/n131/mode/2up?q=louis+jack.
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American, 1876 - 1950
American, 1859 - 1944
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