Ira H. Lockwood, M. D., President of the Radiological Society of North America.

Abstract

Ira Hiram Lockwood, the new president of the Radiological Society of North America, was born in the town of Storm Lake, Iowa, Nov. 29, 1885. His early schooling and first college training were obtained in Storm Lake, where he received a B.S. degree from Buena Vista College. From 1905 to 1907 he attended Iowa University; he obtained his M.D. degree from General Medical College, Chicago, in 1909, and spent the next two years in an internship and residency at Flower Hospital, New York. Following this, Dr. Lock-wood engaged in general medical practice in Lincoln, Nebr., until 1916, returning to that city after the interruption of World War I. During that conflict he served as Chief of the X-ray Department of Evacuation Hospital No. I AEF, with the rank of Major, and later became head of the X-ray Service, 2nd Army AEF. In 1924 Dr. Lockwood left Lincoln for Kansas City, Mo., to become associated with Drs. E. H. Skinner and E. R. Deweese in the practice of radiology. Since then he has been director of the X-ray Department of Research Hospital, Kansas City, Mo., and radiologist and director of the Research Clinic, for the establishment of which he was largely responsible. At present he is also radiologist at Children's Mercy Hospital, consulting radiologist to the Municipal Hospital of Kansas City, area consultant for the Veterans Administration, and consultant to the Veterans Hospital, Kansas City, Mo. His professional activities, however, have not been confined to Kansas City; he has lent his influence to bring better radiology to many of the smaller outlying communities, to which he or his associates make regular weekly trips. He is a member of the American Roentgen Ray Society and of the American Radium Society, Chancellor of the American College of Radiology, and diplomate of the American Board of Radiology, being trustee and immediate past-president of the latter. To his credit are many articles on radiology, and he has received an award of merit from the Radiological Society of North America for his original roentgenological investigation of the breast. Outside the field of radiology, Dr. Lock-wood has given unstintingly of his time to many and varied undertakings, his part in the formation and development of the outstanding local Blue Cross and Blue Shield Plans rating special commendation, along with his active participation in national development of these plans. Civic and community affairs have likewise received his attention. He never seems too busy to give his time and effort to any worth-while project, be it medical or otherwise. One should not end this short history of Dr. Lockwood's achievements without mentioning his charming wife Jessie, whom he married June 8, 1915; she has been no small factor in her husband's success. Dr. Lockwood lists his hobbies as “bull pups and white-faced cattle,” though when these animals get any attention at his hands is beyond comprehension. It must be that any attention they do receive is from Jessie! Again the Radiological Society of North America has brought to the Presidency a man of outstanding administrative and professional ability and experience. We have chosen well.