Hugh Jackson Morgan
| Hugh Jackson Morgan | |
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| Born | 1893 Nashville, Tennessee |
| Died | 1961 Nashville, Tennessee |
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 USA
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| Nationality |
American
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| Institutions |
School of Medicine Vanderbilt University |
| Alma mater |
Vanderbilt University Johns Hopkins University |
| Known for | world-renowned internist, professor |
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| Vanderbilt Commodores | |
| Position | Center |
| Career history | |
| College | Vanderbilt (1910–1912) |
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| Weight | 216 lb (98 kg) |
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Hugh Jackson "Buddy" Morgan (1893–1961) was a world-renowned internist and medical professor. In his younger days he was an accomplished college football player.
Hugh J. Morgan was born into a prominent Nashville, Tennessee family in 1893 and graduated from Vanderbilt University in 1914. The Jackson family's ancestral home, Forks of Cypress, remains a landmark in Florence, Alabama. A scholar and athlete, he was a prominent member of the Vanderbilt varsity football team and was selected as an All Southern center. Morgan played on the 1911 and 1912 SIAA championship teams. He was nominated though not selected for an Associated Press All-Time Southeast 1869-1919 era team.
After two years at Vanderbilt Medical School, he transferred to Johns Hopkins University and received his doctorate in 1918. As a medical student, Dr. Morgan served in the prestigious Hopkins unit during World War I, and was stationed primarily in France. After the war, Dr. Morgan professed at both Hopkins and the Rockefeller Institute before returning home to Nashville in 1925 to accept an offered position as Associate Professor of Medicine. Dr. Morgan became Chair of the Department of Medicine in 1935. In this capacity Dr. Morgan established Vanderbilt's
During World War II, Dr. Morgan entered the U.S. Army as a Brigadier General, appointed Chief Medical Consultant to the Surgeon General. This position entailed the oversight and direction of field military medical personnel throughout the European theater.
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