Vinson, Porter P. (1890–1959)

English Names

Porter Paisley Vinson

Date, Country, and City of Birth

January 24, 1890, Davidson, North Carolina, USA

Date and City of Death

August 28, 1959, Rochester, Minnesota, USA

History of Life

Dr. Porter Vinson was born in Davidson, North Carolina, on January 24, 1890, and in 1909 got his bachelor’s degree from Davidson College. He received his medical degree from the University of Maryland Medical School in 1914. He was an intern at the Trudeau Sanatorium in New York from 1914 to 1916 and an intern in the Montreal General Hospital. He then went on to become a fellow in Rochester, Minnesota’s Mayo Clinic. In 1918, he entered the US army as a first lieutenant and served in the Medical Corps. A year later he was appointed as an assistant to Dr. Plummer. This was also the time when he married Lenore Dunlap, with whom he had three children. In 1921, he was appointed to the staff of the Mayo Clinic with a specialization on diseases of the chest and achieved the title of associate...