- Harry V. Sims
Harry Vernon Sims, Sr. (
February 11 ,1892 -October 26 ,1962 ), was a fellow of theAmerican College of Surgeons and a president of theNew Orleans Obstetrical and Gynecological Society who published numerous research articles ongynecology .Dr.Sims was born in
Terrebonne Parish in southernLouisiana to Robert Nicholls Sims, Jr., and the former Nita Dalferes. He grew to adulthood in Donaldsonville, the seat ofAscension Parish nearBaton Rouge . He was educated at the defunct Bingham Military Institute inAsheville, North Carolina . In 1911, he received hisbachelor of arts degree fromLouisiana State University in Baton Rouge. He received his medical degree in 1915 fromTulane University in New Orleans and served hisinternship at Charity Hospital there.Dr.Sims entered the
United States Navy the same month that theUnited States declared war on theCentral Powers : April 1917. He served inFrance with the Second Battalion, Fifth Marine Regiment and was awarded theSilver Star for gallantry.He returned to civilian life in 1919 and opened his gynecological practice in New Orleans, where he also was on the staff of Charity Hospital, often called "Big Charity". He was named the president of the surgical division in 1935. He also served on the staffs of
Baptist Hospital andTouro Infirmary in New Orleans. Dr.Sims was appointedprofessor of clinical gynecology on the original faculty of LSU Medical School and taught in New Orleans until 1938. He had become assistant surgeon in 1924 with New Orleans Public Service, Inc., and he was designated chief surgeon from 1951-1961.He was a member of Nu Sigma Nu and
Kappa Alpha fraternities. Louisiana.Dr.Sims married the former Catherine Roger of
Lafourche Parish , Louisiana on September 7, 1922. She was the daughter of Thomas H. Roger and the former Verna Knobloch. They had two sons, Harry V. Sims, Jr., who was killed in action inWorld War II , and Gerald N. Sims.Dr. Sims died in New Orleans and is buried in Metairie Cemetery. He was
Catholic .References
"Harry Vernon Sims", "A Dictionary of Louisiana Biography", Vol. 2 (1988), p. 745
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