About Wesley W. Spink
Lived 1904 – 1988 (aged 83–84). Wesley W. Spink was an American physician.
Wesley William Spink (December 17, 1904 – May 14, 1988) was an American physician, medical school professor, college coach, and medical researcher. He was "an internationally recognized authority on infectious diseases and is credited with controlling the spread of brucellosis (undulant fever)".
Early life Spink was born in Duluth, Minnesota on December 17, 1904. In high school, he read extensively and was an outstanding football player. He attended the University of Wisconsin–Superior for one year and then, with the aid of a football scholarship, transferred to Carleton College in Northfield, Minnesota. During these years, he was influenced by Hans Zinsser and George Minot and co-authored a number of papers with his supervisor Chester Keefer.
Personal life In 1935, Spink married Elizabeth Hamilton Hurd, a Vassar graduate and began to practice medicine in Newburyport, Massachusetts in 1901. Wesley and Elizabeth Spink had a daughter, Helen, and a son, William.
He died on May 14, 1988, in Minneapolis, Minnesota.
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American physician
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Wesley W. Spink was born in 1904 in Duluth.
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Wesley W. Spink died on 14 May 1988 in Minneapolis.
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Wesley W. Spink was a physician.
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