James Whittico Jr.
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United States ArmyJames Whittico Jr. | |
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| Born | November 18, 1915 |
| Died | August 21, 2018 (aged 102) |
| Allegiance | United States |
| Branch | United States Army |
| Rank |  Lieutenant colonel |
| Unit | 93rd Infantry Division (United States) |
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| Alma mater | Lincoln University Meharry Medical College |
| Other work | Washington University in St. Louis |
James Whittico Jr. (November 18, 1915 – August 21, 2018)[1] was an American physician from St. Louis, Missouri. He was the first African American named a full clinical professor at any medical school in St. Louis and was the fourth African American in St. Louis to be named a fellow for the American College of Surgeons. Whittico was in the private practice of medicine specializing in surgery from 1952 until 2015.
Born in Williamson, West Virginia, he followed his father, James Whittico Sr., into the medicine field. Whittico Jr. attended Lincoln University of Pennsylvania, the nation's oldest historically black university. He entered Meharry Medical College, a historically black medical school in Nashville, at the age of 19, and graduated in 1940.[2] Following graduation he trained at St. Louis' Homer G. Phillips Hospital, which was the largest hospital that offered training for doctors of color.[3]
