Donovan James McCune
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| Born | 24 June 1902 Bellefontaine, Ohio |
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| Died |
11 April 1976 (aged 73) Vallejo, California |
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| Alma mater | Johns Hopkins School of Medicine (MD, 1928) | ||||||||
| Occupation | Pediatrician | ||||||||
| Years active | 1933–1966 | ||||||||
| Known for | Pioneering research on McCune-Albright syndrome | ||||||||
| Spouse(s) | Mary Adams, MD | ||||||||
| Parent(s) | Christopher and Laura (née Miller) McCune | ||||||||
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| Main interests | Rare book collecting; letterpress printing |
Donovan James McCune (June 24, 1902 – April 11, 1976) was an American pediatrician who conducted pioneering research on McCune–Albright syndrome. He was also a collector of rare books, including many incunabula, and a devotee of letterpress printing.
McCune was born in Bellefontaine, Ohio, to Christopher James McCune (1868–1955) and Laura Miller McCune.
He graduated in 1920 from St. Rose High School in Lima, Ohio, and attended the University of Dayton from 1920–21. He earned a bachelor's degree in 1924 from Georgetown University and obtained his medical degree in 1928 from Johns Hopkins School of Medicine. He once wrote: "Georgetown has meant many things to me: I shall name only two: a durable interest in public speaking, and a devotion to the Latin language and literature. These still constitute my most absorbing avocation, not only supplying intellectual recreation, but also providing focus for book collecting, fine printing, and bookbinding."
He was married to Mary Adams, also a doctor, from October 14, 1932, until 1951. The couple had no children.
McCune began his medical career as an intern at Willard Parker Hospital in New York City, where he worked for two months in 1928. He then went to the Harriet Lane Home at Johns Hopkins Hospital from 1928–29. He was a resident physician in pediatrics and contagious diseases at Cincinnati General Hospital from 1929–30, and then a resident physician at Babies Hospital in New York from 1930–34. From 1933–42, he was chief of clinic at the Vanderbilt Clinic in New York and director of its chemical laboratory, and from 1942–51 he was an attending physician at Babies Hospital.
McCune was a consultant in pediatrics at Greenwich Hospital in Connecticut (1943), at Holy Name Hospital in Teaneck, New Jersey (1946–52), and at Stamford Hospital in Connecticut (1947–52).
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