Welsh, Jack 1928–

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Welsh, Jack 1928–

(Jack D. Welsh)

PERSONAL: Born November 29, 1928, in Grand Island, NE; married second wife, Marva Ladine (deceased); children: Debby Welsh Frazier, Randy Welsh, James Welsh. Ethnicity: "American." Education: University of Nebraska, A.B., 1950, M.D., 1954. Politics: Republican. Hobbies and other interests: History.

ADDRESSES: Home and OfficeOklahoma City, OK; fax: 405-378-3016.

CAREER: University of Oklahoma Health Science Center, Oklahoma City, 1959–90, instructor, 1959–61, assistant professor, 1961–66, associate professor, 1966–71, professor of medicine, 1971–90, professor emeritus, 1990–, David Ross Boyd Professor, 1989, chief of digestive diseases and nutrition section, 1963–90. Military service: U.S. Army, 1946–47.

WRITINGS:

Medical Histories of Confederate Generals, Kent State University Press (Kent, OH), 1995.

Medical Histories of Union Generals, Kent State University Press (Kent, OH), 1996.

(With Thomas P. Lowry) Tarnished Scalpel: The Court-Martials of Fifty Union Surgeons, Stackpole Books (Mechanicsburg, PA), 2000.

Two Confederate Hospitals and Their Patients: Atlanta to Opelika, Mercer University Press (Macon, GA), 2005.

SIDELIGHTS: Jack Welsh once told CA: "There is a lack of information on Civil War medicine. I plan to develop such information using unpublished primary material."

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