TRANSACTIONS OF THE AMERICAN CLINICAL AND CLIMATOLOGICAL ASSOCIATION, VOL. 126, 2015
THE GORDON WILSON MEMORIAL LECTURE This lectureship, with its commemorative medal, was established in 1933 by the Association in recognition of “. . . the extraordinary time and energy given so fully and enthusiastically by Dr. Gordon Wilson in helping develop the ACCA into a leading society for the advancement of clinical medicine.” The inaugural lecture, entitled “Some Observations on the Course and Outcome of Hemorrhagic Nephritis,” was delivered in 1937 by Dr. Warfield T. Longcope of the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. Dr. Wilson was a native of Alexandria, Virginia. After receiving a medical degree from the University of Virginia, he traveled to Johns Hopkins as an assistant resident physician in charge of the private pavilions under William Osler. The following year he worked as a resident fellow in pathology under William Henry Welch. In 1902, he entered private practice in Baltimore and was appointed chief of the medical dispensary of the University of Maryland. He advanced steadily within the ranks of that medical school and in 1913 was appointed Professor of Medicine and Chairman of the Department of Medicine of the University of Maryland School of Medicine, a position he held for the nine years. He had an abiding interest in tuberculosis, having contracted the disease himself as a student, and for a time also served as visiting chief of the Baltimore Municipal Hospital for Tuberculosis. According to early ACCA documents, the person selected each year as the Wilson lecturer was one “. . . distinguished in clinical medicine not so much upon original contributions as upon clinical ability and the influence exerted in promoting the best interest of clinical medicine.” Dr. Wilson was elected into the ACCA in 1910 and served as our president in 1924. He was also a long-standing member of the Council and for many years chairman of the “Committee on Admissions.” He died on October 26, 1932 at the Union Memorial Hospital in Baltimore of a cerebral hemorrhage, when just 55 years old.
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THE GORDON WILSON MEMORIAL LECTURE This lectureship, with its commemorative medal, was established in 1933 by the Association in recognition of “. . . the extraordinary time and energy given so fully and enthusiastically by Dr. Gordon Wilson in helping develop the ACCA into a leading society for the advancement of clinical medicine.” The inaugural lecture, entitled “Some Observations on the Course and Outcome of Hemorrhagic Nephritis,” was delivered in 1937 by Dr. Warfield T. Longcope of the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. Dr. Wilson was a native of Alexandria, Virginia. After receiving a medical degree from the University of Virginia, he traveled to Johns Hopkins as an assistant resident physician in charge of the private pavilions under William Osler. The following year he worked as a resident fellow in pathology under William Henry Welch. In 1902, he entered private practice in Baltimore and was appointed chief of the medical dispensary of the University of Maryland. He advanced steadily within the ranks of that medical school and in 1913 was appointed Professor of Medicine and Chairman of the Department of Medicine of the University of Maryland School of Medicine, a position he held for the nine years. He had an abiding interest in tuberculosis, having contracted the disease himself as a student, and for a time also served as visiting chief of the Baltimore Municipal Hospital for Tuberculosis. According to early ACCA documents, the person selected each year as the Wilson lecturer was one “. . . distinguished in clinical medicine not so much upon original contributions as upon clinical ability and the influence exerted in promoting the best interest of clinical medicine.” Dr. Wilson was elected into the ACCA in 1910 and served as our president in 1924. He was also a long-standing member of the Council and for many years chairman of the “Committee on Admissions.” He died on October 26, 1932 at the Union Memorial Hospital in Baltimore of a cerebral hemorrhage, when just 55 years old.
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