Frank F. Simpson

Frank Farrow Simpson was born on April 2 (or 21), 1868, in Laurens, South Carolina, to Anna Patillo (née Farrow) and John Wistar Simpson. He attended private schools and graduated from the University of South Carolina in 1889 with a Bachelor of Arts. He graduated from the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine with a M.D. in 1893. He was a member of Kappa Alpha. ==Career==

In 1895, Simpson interned at Mercy Hospital in Pittsburgh for a year and became an assistant to Dr. X. O. Werder. He was then assistant gynecologist at Mercy for nine years. In 1903 or 1904, he became chief gynecologist at Allegheny General Hospital. For a time, he was a consulting gynecologist at Columbia Hospital. In 1916, he became a member of the board of regents of the American College of Surgeons. In 1919, he was elected secretary general of the International Association of Gynecologists and Obstetricians. In 1915, Simpson was president of the American Gynecological Society. He was an organizer of the American Gynecological Club. He was a member of the Fourteenth International Congress of Physicians and Surgeons. He was secretary general and member of its executive committee of the Seventh International Congress for Obstetrics and Gynecology. He was treasurer of the executive committee of the American Physicians for the Aid of the Belgian Profession. He was a member of the executive committee of the American Society for the Control of Cancer. ==Personal life==

Simpson married Ruth P. Ring of Philadelphia on March 12, 1924. He lived at Duquesne Club in Pittsburgh for more than 20 years. He was an Independent in politics. He was a member of the Presbyterian church. ==References==