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J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2009;137:269-277
© 2009 The American Association for Thoracic Surgery

Presidential Biography

Norman E. Shumway, MD, PhD: Visionary, innovator, humorist

William A. Baumgartner, MDa,*, Bruce A. Reitz, MDb, Vincent L. Gott, MDa, Sara J. Shumway, MDc

a Division of Cardiac Surgery, Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore, Md
b Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Stanford University Medical Center, Stanford, Calif
c Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minn

Received for publication November 4, 2008; accepted for publication November 6, 2008.

* Address for reprints: William A. Baumgartner, MD, The Johns Hopkins Hospital, 600 N. Wolfe St, Blalock 618, Baltimore, MD 21287. (Email: wbaumgar@csurg.jhmi.jhu.edu).

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Born in Kalamazoo, Michigan, in 1923, Norman Edward Shumway, Jr, and his parents (Laura Vandervliet Shumway and Norman Edward Shumway, Sr) moved to Jackson, Michigan, when he was 1 year of age. His parents' business was operating "The Home Dairy," which consisted of the dairy in the back section and a diner up front. He went to the local grade school and was influenced early in a potential career in medicine when one of his classmates died of appendicitis. At Jackson High School, Dr Shumway was active on the debate team. His team was highly successful and won the Michigan state championship in his senior year and then placed second in a district contest. He was valedictorian of his class. His yearbook picture (Figure 1 ) was accompanied by a statement that said, "Norman Shumway, Jr—a man of few words but great meaning." This statement would be prophetic in Dr Shumway's career. His individuality was also demonstrated at an early age when as a 10-year-old boy, he went topless swimming in the local pool and was promptly ejected. This, of course, occurred in 1933 when tops of swimming suits were required for men.


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  		Figure 1. Yearbook picture.

 
Dr Shumway's love for the game of golf started in high school. He and his friends would hitchhike to a golf course outside of Ann Arbor where they would frequently caddy. This familiarity with Ann Arbor prompted him to apply to the University of Michigan. He enrolled as a pre-law student in the fall of 1941. In that year he also joined Phi Delta Gamma. He enlisted in the Army reserves in 1943 and was soon sent to John Tarleton, Jr, an Agricultural College in Stevensville, Texas. It was during this time that the Army gave all of the students a medical aptitude test. . . . [Full Text of this Article]




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