Sturgis, Katharine R. (Katharine Rosenbaum)
Person
Dates
- Existence: 1903 - 1987
Found in 1 Collection or Record:
Katharine Sturgis presidential papers
Series
Identifier: CPP 2/002-03
Overview
Katharine Rosenbaum Guest Boucot Sturgis was born in Philadelphia in 1903, and graduated from Woman’s Medical College of Philadelphia in 1940.Katharine R. Sturgis's connection with the College of Physicians of Philadelphia began in 1951 when she was elected a Fellow. In 1972, after more than twenty years as a member, Sturgis became the College's first woman president. A year later, she was forced to retire due to health problems. Sturgis died in Philadelphia in 1987....
Dates:
1972-1974
