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Type of entity
Person
Authorized form of name
Butcher, Harvey R.
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- Butcher, Harvey Raymond
Other form(s) of name
- Butcher, Harvey
- Harvey R. Butcher, Jr.
- Butcher, Harvey Raymond
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Dates of existence
1920-1989
History
Harvey Raymond Butcher, Jr. was an emeritus professor of surgery at Washington University School of Medicine when he died in 1989 after a lengthy illness. In 1944 he was an intern at Barnes Hospital in surgery after earning his M.D. at Harvard Medical School. From 1952-1987, He was a member of the department of Surgery at Washington University School of medicine. He was professor of surgery from 1964-1987. From 1978-1984, he served as the chief of general surgery and surgeon-in-chief at the medical school and Barnes Hospital until his retirement in 1987.
During his tenure, Butcher was a leading authority in vascular surgery and breast cancer. Butcher was also a past president of the Western Surgical Association, the Missouri chapter of the American College of Surgeons, the St. Louis Surgical Society, and a past vice president of the American Surgical Association.
Source: Dr. Harvey Butcher dies, Barnes Bulletin, Volume 43, No. 6, page 2, June 1989, RG009-S12-ss02-V43-N06-1989-06, https://wustl.app.box.com/file/273367263355
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Status
Revised
Level of detail
Minimal
Dates of creation, revision and deletion
Creation December 19, 2019
Revision June 1, 2020 10:56 AM
Language(s)
- English
Script(s)
- Latin
Sources
- LC Name Authority File (LCNAF), Personal Name no 94038831: Preferred Name: Butcher, Harvey R. (Harvey Raymond), 1920-; URI(s): http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/no94038831
Sources
found: Ackerman, L.V. Surgical pathology, 1968:t.p. (Harvey R. Butcher)
found: LC in OCLC, 11/1/94(hdg.: Butcher, Harvey Raymond, 1920- ; usage: Harvey R. Butcher; Harvey R. Butcher, Jr.)
found: OCLC, 11/1/94(hdg.: Butcher, Harvey R., 1920- ; usage: Harvey R. Butcher)
Change Notes
1994-11-01: new
1994-11-03: revised - Dr. Harvey Butcher dies, Barnes Bulletin, Volume 43, No. 6, page 2, June 1989, RG009-S12-ss02-V43-N06-1989-06, https://wustl.app.box.com/file/273367263355
3, Medical Alumni Quarterly Volumes 08, page 38 (WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY, Appointments to the House Staff, OCTOBER 1, 1944 In Surgery at the Barnes and St. Louis Children's HospitalsInterns, Harvey R. Butcher, Harvard Medical School, September '44)