Col. John A. Henderson USAF (Ret.)
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Wall of Honor Level: Air and Space Sponsor
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DATE OF BIRTH: May 4, 1923 Leland Illinois
EDUCATION AND TRAINING:
Tolono Conmunity High School - Tolono, Illinois - Graduated 1940 University of Illinois College of Medicine, B.S., M.D. , 1945 - with honors Internship: Research and Educational Hospitals - Chicago, Illinois 1945-1946 Residency in General Surgery: Scott & Unite Clinic - Temple, Texas 1951-1954
BOARD CERTIFICATION: American Board of Surgery - November 1957
IMPORTANT MILITARY ASSIGNMENTS:
Flight Surgeon, 97th Bomb Wing, England 1950
Chief of Surgical Services - Chanute AFB, Illinois 1956-1958
Chief of Surgical Services & Chief of Professional Services - Torrejon AFB, Madrid, Spain 1958-1961
Director of Base Medical Services - Griffis AFB, New York 1961-1964
Director of Base Medical Services - Langley AFB, Virginia 1964-1968
Vice Conmander, Wilford Hall USAF Medical Center - Lackland AFB, Texas 1968-1970
Surgeon, Fifth Air Force - Tokyo, Japan 1970-1972 (Supervision of medical
facilities within 5th Air Force including Japan, Okinawa & Republic of Korea)
Retired Colonel, USAF (MC) - 1972
MEMBERSHIP IN PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATIONS:
American Medical Association Southern Medical Association North Carolina Medical Society Buncombe County Medical Society Fellow of American College of Surgeons Alpha Omega Alpha Honorary Fraternity Aerospace Medical Association Society of Air Force Clinical Surgeons Society of Air Force Flight Surgeons
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