Charles William Mayo

Charles William Mayo (July 28, 1898 – July 28, 1968) was an American surgeon, and a member of the board of governors of the Mayo Clinic beginning in 1933. He was the son of Mayo Clinic co-founder Charles Horace Mayo and Edith (Graham) Mayo.

In addition to his skill as a surgeon, he was also known as a medical administrator whose work was key in the development of group medical practice. He chaired the Mayo Foundation, and the board of regents at the University of Minnesota. He also had a role in the United Nations, appointed by President Dwight D. Eisenhower.^[1]

He and his wife Alice had six children. He died in a motor vehicle accident on his 70th birthday, near Rochester, Minnesota.

Selected works

• Mayo, Charles William. Surgery of the Small & Large Intestine, Year Book Medical Publishers, 1962.
• Mayo, Charles William. Mayo: the Story of My Family and My Career, Doubleday, 1968.

References

1. ^ Kaszuba, Mike (July 15, 1990). "Mayo grandson sets own goals far from family throne", Star Tribune, p. A1.

Additional references

• Encyclopædia Britannica. Online edition. Retrieved on 2009-02-18.
• Encyclopedia Americana. p. 550. Grolier, 1993.
• Statement by the President on the death of Charles W. Mayo. John T. Woolley and Gerhard Peters,The American Presidency Project [online]. Santa Barbara, CA: University of California (hosted), Gerhard Peters (database). Retrieved on 2009-02-18.
• Eckman, J. and J. Berkson (December 1968). "Charles William Mayo, M.D., 1898–1968: as we remember him." J Lancet. 88 (12):319–21.

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