James Somerville McLester | |
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| Born | January 25, 1877 |
| Died | February 8, 1954 |
| Occupation(s) | Physician, nutritionist |
James Somerville McLester (January 25, 1877 – February 8, 1954) was an Americanphysician, nutritionist and writer.
McLester was born atTuscaloosa, Alabama.[1] He was educated at theUniversity of Alabama and graduatedM.D. from theUniversity of Virginia in 1899.[2][3] McLester studied medicine atGöttingen,Freiburg,Berlin andMunich.[4] In 1902, he was appointed professor of pathology at Birmingham Medical College.[1] He became professor of medicine, a post he held until 1912. He was appointed professor of medicine at theUniversity of Alabama School of Medicine. He became professor emeritus in 1949.[1]
DuringWorld War I, McLester was commissioned as First Lieutenant in theMedical Reserve Corps.[2] He was promoted in 1918 to Lieutenant Colonel and Colonel in 1919.[2] McLester received aLL.D. degree from the University of Alabama in 1929.[2] McLester was president of the Alabama Medical Association in 1920.[5] He was Chairman of the Council on Food and Nutrition of theAmerican Medical Association and was president in 1935.[1]
He married Ada Bowron in 1903, they had four children.[2] McLester was described as "one of the nation's outstanding nutritionists".[6] In 1953, he was awarded theJoseph Goldberger Gold Medal for outstanding work in clinical nutrition by trustees of the American Medical Association.[2][7] McLester died fromcoronary thrombosis inBirmingham, Alabama.[8]
A portrait of McLester was unveiled in January, 2018 in the main lobby of the UAB Community Health Services Building at theUniversity of Alabama at Birmingham.[9]
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