Dr. John Scudder, III

1900 - 1976  (76 years)

• Name	John Scudder
  Prefix	Dr.
  Suffix	III
  Birth	28 Oct 1900	Vellore, Tamil Nadu, India   [1]
  Gender	Male
  Death	6 Dec 1976	New York City, New York
  Person ID	I1288	Scudder
  Last Modified	5 Sep 2011

  
  

  Father	Reverend Walter Tracy Scudder,   b. 8 Apr 1869, India d. 6 Sep 1948, Shelter Island, Suffolk, New York (Age 79 years)
  Mother	Dr. Ellen Emma Bartholemew,   b. 21 May 1872, Ansonia, New Haven, Connecticut d. 10 Apr 1938, Clifton Springs, Ontario, New York (Age 65 years)
  Marriage	25 Sep 1899  [2]
  Family ID	F538	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Dorothy Vaughn Jealous,   b. 7 Nov 1903, Andover, Essex, Massachusetts d. 18 Feb 1980, Greenport, Suffolk, New York (Age 76 years)
  Marriage	25 Nov 1929	Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts   [3]
  Family ID	F539	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	3 Mar 2024

  
  

• Notes

  After John and D.V.'s return to America in 1935, he joined the surgical staff of the Presbyterian Hospital in New York City and of the Medical College of Physicians and Surgeons. He became very active in research on shock and blood plasma. In 1939, he established the first blood bank at Presbyterian Hospital, one of the first three set up in the country. In 1942, he went to Puerto Rico to establish the first blood bank in the British Commonwealth. During World War II, he established the Blood for Britain program under the auspices of the American Red Cross. He also set up a blood bank in China. He served as the director of Surgical Services at Presbyterian Hospital of the Columbia Presbyterian Medical Center before retiring in 1966.

  
  

• Sources

  [S64] A Thousand Years in Thy Sight, the Story of the Scudder Missionaries of India, p. xiii. [S64] A Thousand Years in Thy Sight, the Story of the Scudder Missionaries of India, p. 179. [S64] A Thousand Years in Thy Sight, the Story of the Scudder Missionaries of India, p. 236.