Lovelace, William Randolph

J Am Med Assoc, Oct 1947; 135: 443: The Lovelace Foundation for Medical Education and Research was established at Albuquerque on September 25, when the board of trustees held its first meeting. The foundation is the outgrowth of the Lovelace Clinic, founded in 1922 and heretofore privately owned by Drs. William R. Lovelace, William R. Lovelace II and Edgar T. Lassetter, who have "irrevocably given and donated ... all physical assets, medical and research equipment, library and other things of value heretofore belonging to them personally and used by them in the practice of medicine and surgery." The clinic will now be operated under the direction of a board of governors, and all income, after deducting operating expenses, will accrue to the Lovelace Foundation. The twenty-two physicians on the staff will provide diagnosis and treatment on a fully paid, partly paid or free basis, depending on individual circumstances and regardless of creed, race or station in life. The foundation's objectives will be research on the causes, prevention, relief and therapy of human disease ; research in aviation medicine ; promotion of public health ; instruction for practicing physicians in conjunction with an approved medical school; study of the effect on health of residence in the Southwestern United States, with special emphasis on its relation to arthritis, sinusitis and diseases of the chest; cancer detection and treatment, and the dissemination of information derived from these activities. Fellowships will be awarded to enable young physicians to take graduate training at the clinic in preparation for recognition as qualified specialists, through affiliation with an approved medical school.
JAMA, Mar 1969; 207: 1926: Lovelace, William Randolph -- Albuquerque, NM; born July 27, 1883; St. Louis University School of Medicine, 1905; member of the founders group of the American Board of Surgery; director and founder of the Lovelace Clinic; a co-founder, trustee, and member of the board of governors of the Lovelace Foundation for Medical Education and Research; past president of the US Chapter of the International College of Surgeons; associated with St. Joseph, Presbyterian, and Bataan Memorial Methodist hospitals; consultant in surgery at the Veterans Administration Hospital; died Dec 4, aged 85, of cerebral artery thrombosis.