Manning, Wilkins R., Jr.

1910-1973. ArMA president: 1958. [Occasionally referred to as “William” or “Wm.” (e.g., 2/11/1947) – and twice, apparently, as “Bill” Manning. (see 1953-02-05-06 and 1954-01-12-03). Kennedy and Grubb also refer to “William Manning” (Kennedy also to “Wilkins Manning.”)]
Arizona Medical Board record: Wilkins R. Manning MD; license date: 10/21/1946; medical school: GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIV SCH OF MED & HLTH SCI, Washington, D.C. ; graduation date: 06/08/1938.
Kennedy, John W. Arizona Medical Association : the first hundred years, 1892-1991. Flagstaff, Ariz. : Heritage Publishers, 1993, page 169.
Pima County Medical Society (Tucson, Arizona). Sombrero, November 1984.
Faxon, Stuart. Pima County Medical Society (Tucson, Arizona). Sombrero, June/July 2007 page 24: Dr. Manning on Dr. Manning.
See History of Arizona medicine; collections of Orville Harry Brown, M.D. [AHSL Special Collections WZ 70 AA7 H673].
See also: August 14, 1973 Tucson newspaper obituary "Medical School Co-founder Dies."

J Am Med Assoc, Jun 1946; 131: 748: ARMY MEDICAL CORPS OFFICERS RECOMMENDED FOR/OR RELIEVED FROM ACTIVE DUTY. District of Columbia. Manning, Wilkins R. Jr. ... Washington.
J Am Med Assoc, Apr 1959; 169: 1771: Preliminary plans for the 68th annual meeting of the Arizona Medical Association in Chandler, April 30-May 2, were announced by Dr. Dermont W. Melick, of Phoenix, chairman of the scientific assembly committee. ... Officers of the association are Dr. Wilkins R. Manning, Tucson, president; Dr. Dermont W. Melick, Phoenix, president-elect; Dr. Lindsay E. Beaton, Tucson, vice-president; Dr. Leslie B. Smith, Phoenix, secretary; and Dr. Clarence E. Yount Jr., Prescott, treasurer.
JAMA, Dec 1973; 226: 1475: MANNING, Wilkins R., Tucson, Ariz; George Washington, 1938; veteran of World War II; past president of the Arizona Medical Association, Pima County Medical Society, and the board of medical examiners; certified by the National Board of Medical Examiners and the American Board of Surgery; affiliated with the Tucson Medical Center, Carl Hayden and St. Mary's hospitals, and St. Joseph's Hospital, where he died Aug 13, aged 63, of squamous cell carcinoma of the buccal mucosa.