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| Varying Form of Title: | History Makers video oral history with Dr. William Alexander Jackson Ross
Dr. William Alexander Jackson Ross
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| Other authors / contributors: | Ross, William Alexander Jackson, 1937-2007, interviewee.
Henry, Loretta, interviewer.
Stearns, Scott, director of photography.
HistoryMakers (Video oral history collection), production company.
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| Sound characteristics: | digital
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| Digital file characteristics: | video file
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| Notes: | Videographer, Scott Stearns.
Loretta Henry, interviewer.
Recorded Oakland, California 2005 March 31.
Vendor-supplied metadata.
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| Summary: | Physician William Alexander Jackson Ross was born on November 26, 1937 in Detroit, Wayne County Michigan. He attended the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor and Wayne State University. He obtained his medical degree from Meharry Medical College in 1964. Following medical school, Dr. Ross joined the Navy's Medical Corp. He became a Qualified Submarine Medical Officer in 1966. He became the first black submarine doctor in the Navy's Submarine service's 66-year history when he served aboard the George C. Marshall which was commissioned in Newport News Virginia from 1968 -1969. Dr. Ross left the Navy and joined the West Oak Health Center as a consultant orthopedic and teacher. He later became the chief of orthopedics at Herrick Hospital in Berkeley, California. He was a member of the Arlington Medical Group. Dr. Ross was also a member of the National Medical Association, The American Medical Association, the NAACP, and Alpha Phi Alpha.
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