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  1. William James Mayo - Wikipedia

    • William James Mayo (June 29, 1861 – July 28, 1939) was a physician and surgeon in the United States and one of the seven founders of the Mayo Clinic. He and his brother, Charles Horace Mayo, both joined their father's private medical practice in Rochester, Minnesota, US, after graduating from medical school in the 1880s. In 1919, that practice beca… See more

    Early years

    William James Mayo was born to William Worrall Mayo and his wife Louise in Le Sueur, Minnesota, in his parents' home. As a child, William and his brother Charles frequently accompanied their father as he went about … See more

    Education and career

    Mayo earned his medical degree at the University of Michigan Medical School in 1883, where he became a founder of Nu Sigma Nu Medical Fraternity. Afterwards he returned to Rochester to practice medicine alongside h… See more

    BornJune 29, 1861 · Le Sueur, Minnesota, U.S.
    DiedJuly 28, 1939 (aged 78) · Rochester, Minnesota, U.S.
    Known forOne of the principal founders of the Mayo Clinic
    Personal life and death

    William J. Mayo married Hattie Marie Damon (1864–1952) in 1884. They had 5 children, two of whom survived infancy. Carrie born in 1887 and Pheobe in 1897 both married physicians at the Mayo Clinic.
    He died in … See more

    Military service

    William J. Mayo served in World War I at the rank of colonel (O6), as chief adviser for U.S. Army surgical services in the office of the U.S. Army Surgeon General. His brother Charles was also a Colonel in the U.S. Army Medical Co… See more

    Predictions

    In September 1931, Mayo and other prominent individuals of the time were invited by The New York Times to make a prediction concerning the world in eighty years time in the future, in 2011, to celebrate t… See more

    Further reading

    • Clapesattle, Helen. The Doctors Mayo, University of Minnesota Press (1975). ISBN 0-8166-0465-7 See more

    External links

    • Works by or about William James Mayo at the Internet Archive
    • Mayo Clinic History
    • "William James Mayo". Medical Pioneer. Find a Grave. January 1, 2001. Retrieved August 18, 2011.… See more

     
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