WVU Medical School Dean 1905-1935
From school history site: 1st dean of WVU School of Medicine
From the http://files.usgwarchives.net/wv/monongalia/bios/simpson.txt:
Dr. John Nathan Simpson was graduated from Peabody Norman College, Nashville,Tennessee, in 1891; from the University of Tennessee, Nashville, class of 1893,A.B.; and from Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland, class of 1902,
M.D.; and in 1904 studied in the universities of Paris, Viena and Berlin. In 1902 he
organized the School of Medicine of the University of West Virginia,
of which he was dean and professor of physiology until 1920, since then he has been dean and professor of medicine. It was through his labors that the new
medical building, with its splendid modern equipment, was secured for the institution.
Doctor Simpson was director of the Hygiene Laboratory of Health of the State of West Virginia Department of Health from 1913 to 1917; was
surgeon of the Cadet Corps of the University of West Virginia from 1902 to 1917;and
August 5, 1917, was commissioned captain in the Medical Reserve Corps, N.A.
During the World's war he was examiner for Northwest Virginia for the United States
surgeon general's office for the recruiting of medical officers for the United States.
He is a Fellow of the American Academy of Medicine, Fellow
of the American Association for the Advancement of Science and Fellow of the American Medical Association. He is also a member of the Phi Beta Pi,Theta Nu Epislon and Phi Signa Nu fraternities, is a Presbyterian in his religious belief, and in politics is a
democrat.
On December 20, 1906, Doctor Simpson was united in marriage with Miss Grace Emily Donley, of Waynesburg, Greene County, Pennsylvania, and to this union there have come a son and a daughter; John Nathan, Jr., born March 25, 1910;and Patricia Donley, born December 21, 1914.
From school history site: 1st dean of WVU School of Medicine
From the http://files.usgwarchives.net/wv/monongalia/bios/simpson.txt:
Dr. John Nathan Simpson was graduated from Peabody Norman College, Nashville,Tennessee, in 1891; from the University of Tennessee, Nashville, class of 1893,A.B.; and from Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland, class of 1902,
M.D.; and in 1904 studied in the universities of Paris, Viena and Berlin. In 1902 he
organized the School of Medicine of the University of West Virginia,
of which he was dean and professor of physiology until 1920, since then he has been dean and professor of medicine. It was through his labors that the new
medical building, with its splendid modern equipment, was secured for the institution.
Doctor Simpson was director of the Hygiene Laboratory of Health of the State of West Virginia Department of Health from 1913 to 1917; was
surgeon of the Cadet Corps of the University of West Virginia from 1902 to 1917;and
August 5, 1917, was commissioned captain in the Medical Reserve Corps, N.A.
During the World's war he was examiner for Northwest Virginia for the United States
surgeon general's office for the recruiting of medical officers for the United States.
He is a Fellow of the American Academy of Medicine, Fellow
of the American Association for the Advancement of Science and Fellow of the American Medical Association. He is also a member of the Phi Beta Pi,Theta Nu Epislon and Phi Signa Nu fraternities, is a Presbyterian in his religious belief, and in politics is a
democrat.
On December 20, 1906, Doctor Simpson was united in marriage with Miss Grace Emily Donley, of Waynesburg, Greene County, Pennsylvania, and to this union there have come a son and a daughter; John Nathan, Jr., born March 25, 1910;and Patricia Donley, born December 21, 1914.
WVU Medical School Dean 1905-1935
From school history site: 1st dean of WVU School of Medicine
From the http://files.usgwarchives.net/wv/monongalia/bios/simpson.txt:
Dr. John Nathan Simpson was graduated from Peabody Norman College, Nashville,Tennessee, in 1891; from the University of Tennessee, Nashville, class of 1893,A.B.; and from Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland, class of 1902,
M.D.; and in 1904 studied in the universities of Paris, Viena and Berlin. In 1902 he
organized the School of Medicine of the University of West Virginia,
of which he was dean and professor of physiology until 1920, since then he has been dean and professor of medicine. It was through his labors that the new
medical building, with its splendid modern equipment, was secured for the institution.
Doctor Simpson was director of the Hygiene Laboratory of Health of the State of West Virginia Department of Health from 1913 to 1917; was
surgeon of the Cadet Corps of the University of West Virginia from 1902 to 1917;and
August 5, 1917, was commissioned captain in the Medical Reserve Corps, N.A.
During the World's war he was examiner for Northwest Virginia for the United States
surgeon general's office for the recruiting of medical officers for the United States.
He is a Fellow of the American Academy of Medicine, Fellow
of the American Association for the Advancement of Science and Fellow of the American Medical Association. He is also a member of the Phi Beta Pi,Theta Nu Epislon and Phi Signa Nu fraternities, is a Presbyterian in his religious belief, and in politics is a
democrat.
On December 20, 1906, Doctor Simpson was united in marriage with Miss Grace Emily Donley, of Waynesburg, Greene County, Pennsylvania, and to this union there have come a son and a daughter; John Nathan, Jr., born March 25, 1910;and Patricia Donley, born December 21, 1914.
From school history site: 1st dean of WVU School of Medicine
From the http://files.usgwarchives.net/wv/monongalia/bios/simpson.txt:
Dr. John Nathan Simpson was graduated from Peabody Norman College, Nashville,Tennessee, in 1891; from the University of Tennessee, Nashville, class of 1893,A.B.; and from Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland, class of 1902,
M.D.; and in 1904 studied in the universities of Paris, Viena and Berlin. In 1902 he
organized the School of Medicine of the University of West Virginia,
of which he was dean and professor of physiology until 1920, since then he has been dean and professor of medicine. It was through his labors that the new
medical building, with its splendid modern equipment, was secured for the institution.
Doctor Simpson was director of the Hygiene Laboratory of Health of the State of West Virginia Department of Health from 1913 to 1917; was
surgeon of the Cadet Corps of the University of West Virginia from 1902 to 1917;and
August 5, 1917, was commissioned captain in the Medical Reserve Corps, N.A.
During the World's war he was examiner for Northwest Virginia for the United States
surgeon general's office for the recruiting of medical officers for the United States.
He is a Fellow of the American Academy of Medicine, Fellow
of the American Association for the Advancement of Science and Fellow of the American Medical Association. He is also a member of the Phi Beta Pi,Theta Nu Epislon and Phi Signa Nu fraternities, is a Presbyterian in his religious belief, and in politics is a
democrat.
On December 20, 1906, Doctor Simpson was united in marriage with Miss Grace Emily Donley, of Waynesburg, Greene County, Pennsylvania, and to this union there have come a son and a daughter; John Nathan, Jr., born March 25, 1910;and Patricia Donley, born December 21, 1914.
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