1862-1940. ArMA president: 1898.
Whitmore Elementary School was named for Dr. William Vincent Whitmore, a physician who came to practice medicine in Tucson in the 1890s. He served 12 years on the Tucson school board beginning in 1908, as well as serving for six years on the State Board of Regents. Dr. Whitmore also helped organize the original Arizona Medical Association. http://www.tusd.k12.az.us/contents/distinfo/history93/history6.html
Members of the PCMS 1904-1930
Kennedy, John W. Arizona Medical Association : the first hundred years, 1892-1991. Flagstaff, Ariz. : Heritage Publishers, 1993, page 139.
See History of Arizona medicine; collections of Orville Harry Brown, M.D. [AHSL Special Collections WZ 70 AA7 H673].
Quebbeman, Frances E. Medicine in territorial Arizona. Phoenix : Arizona Historical Foundation, 1966, page 379, etc.
See also: McClintock, James H. Arizona, Prehistoric, Aboriginal, Pioneer, Modern; the Nation's Youngest Commonwealth within a Land of Ancient Culture. Chicago: The S.J. Clarke Pub. Co., 1916 (aka Arizona, the Youngest State), volume 3 (Biographical), page 13: Dr. William V. Whitmore, whose broad knowledge of the science of medicine and keen appreciation of the responsibilities which rest upon him have made him one of the most capable physicians and surgeons in Tucson, was born in Sagadahoc County Maine, April 16, 1862, a son of Thomas P. and Esther M. (Given) Whitmore. The father was a native of Maine and of English ancestry, while the mother was a native of Long Island and of Scotch-Irish descent. On the paternal side the Doctor traces his ancestry back to one of the Mayflower passengers. He acquired his early education in the public schools of his native county and in 1885 was graduated from Bates College in Lewiston, Maine. He spent one year in the medical department of Columbia University and then entered the medical department of the University of California receiving his degree of M.D. in 1890. He took a one yearhospital course in the county hospital at Los Angeles, adding the benefits of practical experience to his formal training, and then opened an office for the practice of his profession at Wilmington, near Los Angeles. After a year and a half spent at that place, Dr. Whitener came to Tucson, where he has been active in professional work since April 1892. He has built up a very large practice, his extensive patronage coming to him as an expression of the trust and confidence reposed in him by the general public. He is constantly broadening his knowledge by research and investigation and keeps in touch with the most advanced thought of his profession through his membership in various medical organizations, in all of which he has gained positions of distinction. He has been for three terms president of the Pima Medical County Society, is past president of the Arizona State Medical Association and was delegate from Arizona to the convention of the American Medical Association held in St. Louis in 1910. In addition he has been for seven years a member of the board of state medical examiners. He is one of the owners of the Rodgers Hospital at Tucson. Dr. Whitmore has been twice married. On April 16, 1891 he wedded Miss Lulu W. Hill who passed away leaving one son, William V. Jr. On December 31, 1902 he was united in marriage to Miss Opal Le Baron McGauhey, by whom he had a son Paul G.
Southern California Practitioner, November 1904, vol. 19, no. 11, page 460: Editorial Notes. ... On the evening of October 10th the physicians of Tucson met and organized the Pima County Medical Association. There was a good attendence, and a constitution and by-laws were formulated and adopted. The following officers were elected: President, Dr. W. V. Whitmore; Vice-President, Dr. A. Walcott; Secretary and Treasurer, Dr. J. Lennox. We are glad to see the medical profession of Arizona keep pace with the remarkable development of that Territory along almost every other line. Arizona will soon be one of the great States of this Union, and the medical profession should be in position to keep step with the onward march.
Ariz Med. 1957 May;14(5):287; passim. THE HISTORY of medicine in Arizona; William Vincent Whitmore, Tucson, 1892.
UAL has a manuscript collection of Whitmore (AZ 258: Speeches, articles and pamphlets, 1900-1933): Typescript and printed articles, speeches and pamphlets concerning medical research, the University of Arizona, the Tucson school system, and biographical sketches of himself, University presidents, and pioneer physicians. Sketches of prominent pioneer physicians include John C. Handy, George Emery Goodfellow, Leonard Wood, Adolphus H. Moon, and Hiram Fenner.
J Am Med Assoc, Dec 1899; XXXIII: 1628: The following committees have been appointed since the last meeting of the [American Medical] Association. ... Committee on Reorganization of Army and Navy Medical Corps. ... Arizona -- W. V. Whitmore, Tucson.
J Am Med Assoc, Jun 1902; XXXVIII: 1664: The tenth annual meeting of this Association was held in Tucson, May 28 and 29, under the presidency of Dr. Hiram W. Fenner of that city. The following officers were elected: Dr. William Duffield, Phoenix, president; Drs. William V. Whitmore, Tucson, Arthur W. Olcott, Tucson, and Logan D. Dameron, Phoenix, vice-presidents; Dr. Charles H. Jones, Tempe, secretary, and Dr. William N. Bell, Wickenburg, treasurer. The Association will meet next year in Phoenix. It has adopted the rules and by-laws of the American Medical Association, making eligible to membership all regular physicians who do not classify themselves under creeds. The tendency in this Association is to unify the practice of medicine.
J Am Med Assoc, Jan 1907; XLVIII: 333: Arizona. At the annual meeting of the Pima County Medical Society, held in Tucson, January 8, Dr. William V. Whitmore was elected president; Dr. Arthur W. Olcott, vice-president, and Dr. Abram Morrison, secretary-treasurer, all of Tucson.
J Am Med Assoc, Jun 1912; LVIII: 1693: Dr.George D. Troutman, Tucson, has been appointed health superintendent of Pima County, vice Dr. W. V. Whitmore, resigned.
J Am Med Assoc, Jul 1928; 91: 181: Honorary Degrees Conferred in June. -- At the June commencement, the universities and colleges indicated conferred honorary degrees on the following persons : Dr. William V. Whitmore, Tucson, Ariz., University of Arizona, LL.D.
J Am Med Assoc, Sep 1940; 115: 948 - 949: William Vincent Whitmore, Tucson, Ariz.; University of Southern California College of Medicine, Los Angeles, 1890; member of the House of Delegates of the American Medical Association in 1910 ; past president of the Arizona State Medical Association and the Pima County Medical Society ; for many years member of the school board ; formerly member of the board of regents of the University of Arizona ; aged 78 ; died, July 24.
Different William V. Whitmore?
J Am Med Assoc, Jan 1931; 96: 45: The California State Board of Medical Examiners revoked the license medicine to practice of Dr. William V. Whitmore, October 23, on account of a narcotic conviction.