Billings Jr. , Frederic T.
Nashville, Tenn.
Frederic Tremaine "Josh" Billings Jr., M.D., 95, died Sunday, Sept. 16, 2007, at his home in Nashville, Tenn.
He was born Feb. 22, 1912, in Pittsburgh, graduated from the Choate School in 1929 and received his A.B. magna cum laude in 1933 from Princeton University, where he was undergraduate council president, the winner of the Pyne Prize for the best all-around student and the recipient of a Phi Beta Kappa key.
He excelled in athletics, lettering in lacrosse, wrestling and football, serving as captain his senior year.
In 1936, he received his B.Sc. from Balliol College University of Oxford, where he was a Rhodes Scholar. He attended the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, where he received his M.D. in 1938, and received his postdoctoral training at Johns Hopkins Hospital and Vanderbilt University Hospital from 1939 to 1942, where he was chief resident in medicine.
He married Ann Howe of Nashville on Feb. 21, 1942, left a month later for the Southwest Pacific during World War II, served in the Hopkins medical unit and was discharged as a lieutenant colonel. Upon his return, he joined the faculty at Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, where he served as dean of students from 1960 to 1967. In addition, he was chairman of the Department of Medicine at Meharry Medical College from 1953 to 1961.
From 1967 to 1975, he was associate dean for medical center programs at Vanderbilt and helped develop a health program for rural areas in Appalachia. He retired in 1995. He served as a trustee of Princeton from 1956 to 1960, a trustee of the Choate School from 1966 to 1976 and a trustee of Meharry Medical College for 27 years. In 2000, Princeton University elected him its scholar-athlete of the century. He was a member of First Presbyterian Church, Nashville, president of the American Clinical and Climatological Association and a master in the American College of Physicians.
He was preceded in death by his wife and a grandson, Coleman Billings Harwell.
He is survived by daughter Ann Howe Billings Hilton (Robert Candee Hilton) of Nashville; sons Dr. Frederic Tremaine Billings III (Susan Riley Billings) of Baton Rouge, La., and John Howe Billings, of Pittsburgh; sister Lucretia Billings Fisher, of Ruxton, Md.; grandchildren Kirk LeMoyne Billings Harwell (Azimahana Amir Harwell) of Los Angeles, Frederic Tremaine Billings IV (Kathryn Kitchens Billings), of New York, Laura Billings Key (Richard Garrett Key), of Nashville, John Kirkpatrick Billings (Nancy Liddon Billings) of Atlanta, and Lyndsey Barbour Billings and John Howe Billings Jr. of Pittsburgh, and great-grandson Frederic Tremaine Billings V, of New York.
A memorial service was Sept. 19 in First Presbyterian Church, Nashville.
Nashville, Tenn.
Frederic Tremaine "Josh" Billings Jr., M.D., 95, died Sunday, Sept. 16, 2007, at his home in Nashville, Tenn.
He was born Feb. 22, 1912, in Pittsburgh, graduated from the Choate School in 1929 and received his A.B. magna cum laude in 1933 from Princeton University, where he was undergraduate council president, the winner of the Pyne Prize for the best all-around student and the recipient of a Phi Beta Kappa key.
He excelled in athletics, lettering in lacrosse, wrestling and football, serving as captain his senior year.
In 1936, he received his B.Sc. from Balliol College University of Oxford, where he was a Rhodes Scholar. He attended the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, where he received his M.D. in 1938, and received his postdoctoral training at Johns Hopkins Hospital and Vanderbilt University Hospital from 1939 to 1942, where he was chief resident in medicine.
He married Ann Howe of Nashville on Feb. 21, 1942, left a month later for the Southwest Pacific during World War II, served in the Hopkins medical unit and was discharged as a lieutenant colonel. Upon his return, he joined the faculty at Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, where he served as dean of students from 1960 to 1967. In addition, he was chairman of the Department of Medicine at Meharry Medical College from 1953 to 1961.
From 1967 to 1975, he was associate dean for medical center programs at Vanderbilt and helped develop a health program for rural areas in Appalachia. He retired in 1995. He served as a trustee of Princeton from 1956 to 1960, a trustee of the Choate School from 1966 to 1976 and a trustee of Meharry Medical College for 27 years. In 2000, Princeton University elected him its scholar-athlete of the century. He was a member of First Presbyterian Church, Nashville, president of the American Clinical and Climatological Association and a master in the American College of Physicians.
He was preceded in death by his wife and a grandson, Coleman Billings Harwell.
He is survived by daughter Ann Howe Billings Hilton (Robert Candee Hilton) of Nashville; sons Dr. Frederic Tremaine Billings III (Susan Riley Billings) of Baton Rouge, La., and John Howe Billings, of Pittsburgh; sister Lucretia Billings Fisher, of Ruxton, Md.; grandchildren Kirk LeMoyne Billings Harwell (Azimahana Amir Harwell) of Los Angeles, Frederic Tremaine Billings IV (Kathryn Kitchens Billings), of New York, Laura Billings Key (Richard Garrett Key), of Nashville, John Kirkpatrick Billings (Nancy Liddon Billings) of Atlanta, and Lyndsey Barbour Billings and John Howe Billings Jr. of Pittsburgh, and great-grandson Frederic Tremaine Billings V, of New York.
A memorial service was Sept. 19 in First Presbyterian Church, Nashville.
Billings Jr. , Frederic T.
Nashville, Tenn.
Frederic Tremaine "Josh" Billings Jr., M.D., 95, died Sunday, Sept. 16, 2007, at his home in Nashville, Tenn.
He was born Feb. 22, 1912, in Pittsburgh, graduated from the Choate School in 1929 and received his A.B. magna cum laude in 1933 from Princeton University, where he was undergraduate council president, the winner of the Pyne Prize for the best all-around student and the recipient of a Phi Beta Kappa key.
He excelled in athletics, lettering in lacrosse, wrestling and football, serving as captain his senior year.
In 1936, he received his B.Sc. from Balliol College University of Oxford, where he was a Rhodes Scholar. He attended the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, where he received his M.D. in 1938, and received his postdoctoral training at Johns Hopkins Hospital and Vanderbilt University Hospital from 1939 to 1942, where he was chief resident in medicine.
He married Ann Howe of Nashville on Feb. 21, 1942, left a month later for the Southwest Pacific during World War II, served in the Hopkins medical unit and was discharged as a lieutenant colonel. Upon his return, he joined the faculty at Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, where he served as dean of students from 1960 to 1967. In addition, he was chairman of the Department of Medicine at Meharry Medical College from 1953 to 1961.
From 1967 to 1975, he was associate dean for medical center programs at Vanderbilt and helped develop a health program for rural areas in Appalachia. He retired in 1995. He served as a trustee of Princeton from 1956 to 1960, a trustee of the Choate School from 1966 to 1976 and a trustee of Meharry Medical College for 27 years. In 2000, Princeton University elected him its scholar-athlete of the century. He was a member of First Presbyterian Church, Nashville, president of the American Clinical and Climatological Association and a master in the American College of Physicians.
He was preceded in death by his wife and a grandson, Coleman Billings Harwell.
He is survived by daughter Ann Howe Billings Hilton (Robert Candee Hilton) of Nashville; sons Dr. Frederic Tremaine Billings III (Susan Riley Billings) of Baton Rouge, La., and John Howe Billings, of Pittsburgh; sister Lucretia Billings Fisher, of Ruxton, Md.; grandchildren Kirk LeMoyne Billings Harwell (Azimahana Amir Harwell) of Los Angeles, Frederic Tremaine Billings IV (Kathryn Kitchens Billings), of New York, Laura Billings Key (Richard Garrett Key), of Nashville, John Kirkpatrick Billings (Nancy Liddon Billings) of Atlanta, and Lyndsey Barbour Billings and John Howe Billings Jr. of Pittsburgh, and great-grandson Frederic Tremaine Billings V, of New York.
A memorial service was Sept. 19 in First Presbyterian Church, Nashville.
Nashville, Tenn.
Frederic Tremaine "Josh" Billings Jr., M.D., 95, died Sunday, Sept. 16, 2007, at his home in Nashville, Tenn.
He was born Feb. 22, 1912, in Pittsburgh, graduated from the Choate School in 1929 and received his A.B. magna cum laude in 1933 from Princeton University, where he was undergraduate council president, the winner of the Pyne Prize for the best all-around student and the recipient of a Phi Beta Kappa key.
He excelled in athletics, lettering in lacrosse, wrestling and football, serving as captain his senior year.
In 1936, he received his B.Sc. from Balliol College University of Oxford, where he was a Rhodes Scholar. He attended the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, where he received his M.D. in 1938, and received his postdoctoral training at Johns Hopkins Hospital and Vanderbilt University Hospital from 1939 to 1942, where he was chief resident in medicine.
He married Ann Howe of Nashville on Feb. 21, 1942, left a month later for the Southwest Pacific during World War II, served in the Hopkins medical unit and was discharged as a lieutenant colonel. Upon his return, he joined the faculty at Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, where he served as dean of students from 1960 to 1967. In addition, he was chairman of the Department of Medicine at Meharry Medical College from 1953 to 1961.
From 1967 to 1975, he was associate dean for medical center programs at Vanderbilt and helped develop a health program for rural areas in Appalachia. He retired in 1995. He served as a trustee of Princeton from 1956 to 1960, a trustee of the Choate School from 1966 to 1976 and a trustee of Meharry Medical College for 27 years. In 2000, Princeton University elected him its scholar-athlete of the century. He was a member of First Presbyterian Church, Nashville, president of the American Clinical and Climatological Association and a master in the American College of Physicians.
He was preceded in death by his wife and a grandson, Coleman Billings Harwell.
He is survived by daughter Ann Howe Billings Hilton (Robert Candee Hilton) of Nashville; sons Dr. Frederic Tremaine Billings III (Susan Riley Billings) of Baton Rouge, La., and John Howe Billings, of Pittsburgh; sister Lucretia Billings Fisher, of Ruxton, Md.; grandchildren Kirk LeMoyne Billings Harwell (Azimahana Amir Harwell) of Los Angeles, Frederic Tremaine Billings IV (Kathryn Kitchens Billings), of New York, Laura Billings Key (Richard Garrett Key), of Nashville, John Kirkpatrick Billings (Nancy Liddon Billings) of Atlanta, and Lyndsey Barbour Billings and John Howe Billings Jr. of Pittsburgh, and great-grandson Frederic Tremaine Billings V, of New York.
A memorial service was Sept. 19 in First Presbyterian Church, Nashville.
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