John P. McGovern<\/dd>\n<\/dl>\nThe following excerpt is from Pam Cornell’s biography found in the finding aid.
\n“John Phillip McGovern was born in Washington, D.C. on June 2, 1921.\u00a0 He earned both undergraduate and medical degrees from Duke University.\u00a0 His graduate medical education included training at Yale University School of Medicine and Duke University Hospital, as well as Guy\u2019s Hospital in London, L\u2019Hopital des Enfants Malades in Paris, Children\u2019s Hospital in the District of Columbia, and Boston Children\u2019s Hospital.
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0“Dr. McGovern\u2019s first appointment in medical academics was at George Washington University School of Medicine.\u00a0 He then joined Tulane University School of Medicine in New Orleans.\u00a0 In 1956 he moved to Houston, entering private practice in allergy and immunology and serving on the faculty of Baylor College of Medicine.\u00a0 The growth of his practice led to the founding of McGovern Allergy Clinic, one of the nation\u2019s largest allergy groups, treating patients internationally.
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 “Dr. McGovern held faculty appointments at Baylor College of Medicine, University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, UT M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, UT Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, UT School of Allied Health Sciences, UT School of Public Health, and the School of Nursing and Dental Science Institute at UTHSC-Houston.\u00a0 Other academic appointments outside Texas included a position as Fellow, Green College, Oxford University, England, where William Osler taught.
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0“John P. McGovern was recognized for excellence in many areas.\u00a0 Early in his career, he was selected as the John and Mary R. Markle Scholar in Medical Science (1950).\u00a0 Later he was honored with the Distinguished Award of Merit by the American College of Allergists and more recently was elected an Honorary Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians in London, in addition to other awards.
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 “Dr. McGovern received honorary doctoral degrees from 29 major colleges and universities.\u00a0 Foreign honors include the Royal Medallion of the Polar Star from Sweden and l\u2019Ordre National du Merite from France.\u00a0 He served as president or chief executive of more than 15 organizations, including the American College of Allergists and the American Osler Society, which he helped found in 1969.
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 “Dr. McGovern was known for his intense interest in rare books of medicine and in fine writing.\u00a0 He donated a large part of his book collection to form the John P. McGovern Historical Collections and Research Center at the Houston Academy of Medicine-Texas Medical Center Library.\u00a0 McGovern was also an esteemed writer, producing more than 14 books and 187 articles.\u00a0 His editorial skills were prized by many medical journals and he worked with 21 different publications.
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0“McGovern was a fervent Oslerian, studying and collecting material from the life and works of Sir William Osler and Wilburt C. Davison, M.D.\u00a0 Davison, a Rhodes Scholar under Osler and then Dean of Duke University School of Medicine, profoundly influenced Dr. McGovern during his studies at Duke.\u00a0 Dr. Davison retained Dr. McGovern for an additional year at Duke, acting as both mentor and close friend for the re\u00a0 mainder of their lives.\u00a0 Letters between the two illustrate their remarkable friendship.
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0“As medical humanitarian, pediatrician, teacher, historian, researcher, and internationally renowned physician, Dr. McGovern shared qualities that Osler and Davison espoused, namely interest first in the patient and then in the diagnosis.”\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
One of the great collections housed at the McGovern Collections is MS 115 the John P. McGovern papers. For about five years, the archivist Pam Cornell worked with the papers. She did preservation work, organized the collection, created the inventory and the finding aid. The finding aid is now available in a printed format at […]<\/p>\n
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