Today in Wheeling History: December 1--William Holmes Crosby Jr., pioneering doctor who specialized in blood-related conditions, was born in Wheeling (1914).
William Holmes Crosby Jr. was born on December 1, 1914, in Wheeling, West Virginia. Six months later, his family moved to Oil City, Pennsylvania. His father was an architect, and his mother, Frances Irene Forrester, was a schoolteacher. Crosby's early interest in medicine was sparked by volunteer physicians at a Boy Scout camp he attended. He discovered a love for literature in high school, inspired by his sophomore English teacher, Dorothy Mann. Crosby attended the University of Pennsylvania on a scholarship and began his research career as a volunteer in a hospital hematology lab.
In 1936, Crosby entered the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine. During his third year, he contracted tuberculosis and spent six months recovering. He graduated in 1940 and enlisted in the army, beginning a military internship at Walter Reed Army Hospital. Crosby served in World War II and the Korean War, earning a Bronze Star with an oak leaf cluster. He established the hematology and oncology specialties at Walter Reed Army Hospital and published over 450 peer-reviewed papers. Crosby was also an inventor and a published translator of poetry. He passed away on January 15, 2005, in Joplin, Missouri, and was buried at Mount Hope Cemetery in Webb City, Missouri.
To learn more: Wikipedia (https://shorturl.at/AMSF9), Find a Grave (https://shorturl.at/oqOjv), Bionity (https://shorturl.at/xZwKz)
Photo credits: Seth Crosby, Shabd sound (Wikimedia Commons), Yyohan (Wikimedia Commons
William Holmes Crosby Jr. was born on December 1, 1914, in Wheeling, West Virginia. Six months later, his family moved to Oil City, Pennsylvania. His father was an architect, and his mother, Frances Irene Forrester, was a schoolteacher. Crosby's early interest in medicine was sparked by volunteer physicians at a Boy Scout camp he attended. He discovered a love for literature in high school, inspired by his sophomore English teacher, Dorothy Mann. Crosby attended the University of Pennsylvania on a scholarship and began his research career as a volunteer in a hospital hematology lab.
In 1936, Crosby entered the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine. During his third year, he contracted tuberculosis and spent six months recovering. He graduated in 1940 and enlisted in the army, beginning a military internship at Walter Reed Army Hospital. Crosby served in World War II and the Korean War, earning a Bronze Star with an oak leaf cluster. He established the hematology and oncology specialties at Walter Reed Army Hospital and published over 450 peer-reviewed papers. Crosby was also an inventor and a published translator of poetry. He passed away on January 15, 2005, in Joplin, Missouri, and was buried at Mount Hope Cemetery in Webb City, Missouri.
To learn more: Wikipedia (https://shorturl.at/AMSF9), Find a Grave (https://shorturl.at/oqOjv), Bionity (https://shorturl.at/xZwKz)
Photo credits: Seth Crosby, Shabd sound (Wikimedia Commons), Yyohan (Wikimedia Commons
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