J. Montgomery Deaver papers

Joshua Montgomery Deaver, Philadelphia surgeon and son of surgeon John B. Deaver, was born in Wyncote, Pennsylvania, on 10 October 1901. He married Priscilla Sparks Sailer on 16 December 1932. They had one daughter, Sally Deaver Murray, who died in 1963. J. Montgomery Deaver died on 12 November 1978 at Lankenau Hospital in Philadelphia.

After graduation from the Sheffield Scientific School at Yale University in 1924, Deaver entered the University of Pennsylvania's Medical School, received his M.D. in 1928, and served an internship at Lankenau Hospital. Deaver then held surgical positions at Philadelphia General Hospital, Presbyterian Hospital, and Abington Memorial Hospital. At Lankenau Hospital, he was chief of surgical service "A" (1942-1964), then chief of general surgery (1964-1967). He held the professorship of clinical surgery in the University of Pennsylvania's Graduate School of Medicine (1952-1970) and was also associate professor (1949-1964) and then professor of clinical surgery (1964-1967) at Jefferson Medical College. Deaver was elected to fellowship in the College of Physicians of Philadelphia in 1935. He was also a member of the American Surgical Association, International Society of Surgeons, Philadelphia Academy of Surgery (president, 19621964), and the Philadelphia County Medical Society.