Tuesday, March 6, 2012
WE MEET AT RIVER CITY BREWING COMPANY
Lunch begins at noon - Meeting begins at 12:30 p.m.
Albert H. Wilkinson, Jr. MD
"Changes in Medicine"
Dr.
Wilkinson is a native Floridian, born and raised in Jacksonville.
He attended public school through the tenth grade, following which he
finished high school at Emory University Academy
in Oxford, Georgia. He served in the United States Navy toward
the end of World War II and soon thereafter. After he completed pre-med requirements
at Emory University, he attended Jefferson
Medical College of Philadelphia. Dr.
Wilkinson served a rotating internship on Tulane Services of Charity Hospital
in New Orleans followed by residency training in
General and Thoracic surgery at Grady
Memorial Hospital
and Emory University School of Medicine.
He then began training in children’s surgery including time spent in
pediatric pathology and research at Children’s Memorial
Hospital and Northwestern School of
Medicine in Chicago. In 1959 Dr. Wilkinson returned to Jacksonville as the first pediatric surgeon in Florida, where for many
years he practiced pediatric surgery, served as surgeon-in-chief at two
children’s hospitals as well as on their respective Boards of Directors. For 12 years he served as Chief of Children’s
Surgical Services at University Hospital and its predecessor Duval Medical
Center. He founded the first pediatric surgery clinic
in Florida at Hope Haven Hospital under the aegis of the Florida
Crippled Children’s Commission. He also
served as founding President of the Florida Association of Children’s Hospitals
and continues to serve in a part-time capacity for the association. He was also the founding medical director and
director for the planning and development of Nemours Children’s Clinic –
Jacksonville. He has published many
papers and in the recent past, a book that deals with children’s hospitals and
healthcare.
In
2010, Dr. Wilkinson received the Presidential Citation, Humanitarian Honoree of
the Year awarded by “One Jax” and, several years ago, he received the Lifetime
Achievement Award as one of Jacksonville’s Health Heroes.
Dr.
Wilkinson has served on the clinical faculties of the University of Florida
College of Medicine, Emory University and Mercer University School of Medicine.
Rotary Night at the Jacksonville Symphony
Cirque de la Symphony
Thursday April 26, 2012 7:30pm
Jacoby Symphony Hall
Rotary Special discount tickets: $40
{$10 of each ticket will support Rotary’s
Polio Eradication Program
credited to your club}
Ticket includes Pops Concert and Symphony hosted beverage reception at
6:45pm
for Rotarians and guests in the Davis Gallery
To make reservations and purchase tickets call Bill
Cosnotti at 356-0426 or
Fidelity National Financial Pops
Series Concert Sponsor: SunTrust
Congratulations!
Congratulations!
Congratulations Doug McCullough on receiving the Stephen Wise Award and your recent marriage!
After 19 years with The Blood Alliance as its President and CEO, Dale Malloy will
be retiring. Dale’s retirement plans include spending time with his extended family,
improving his golf game and continuing his community volunteerism.
Congratulations Dale!
Ouch!
President Odette aggravated an old knee injury while at
her first Daytona 500 race. The tickets were her birthday
gift from boyfriend, Robert Schindler. After a trip to the
Mayo Clinic's Emergency Room, she will be on crutches
for a few days!
Salvation Army Bell Ringing
There is a correction to the amount raised during the Salvation Army Bell Ringing.
The recently published total listed was not all inclusive. The correct total for the bell
ringing is $2,004.33. A job well done!
