Whittier Cinclair Atkinson, MD (1893 - 1991)
1922 Received his Bachelor of Science degree from Howard University
1925 Graduated from Howard University Medical School
1927 Arrived in Coatesville, PA and Began Medical Practice
1936 4-Bed Unit Clement Atkinson Memorial Hospital Completed
1938 Two-Story Addition to the Clement Atkinson Memorial Hospital
1946 The Clement Atkinson Memorial Hospital Recognized as a General Hospital
1947 Elected President of the PA State Medical, Dental and Pharmaceutical Association
1951 President, Philadelphia Academy of Medicine and Allied Science
1953 Howard University's Alumnus of the Year
1956 Received the Diamond Ebony Award from the Association of Elks
1960 Named General Practitioner of the Year by the Pennsylvania Medical Society
1978 Closed the Clement Atkinson Memorial Hospital
1979 Retired from Practice
1991 Dies at the Age of 97
* Dr. Atkinson was born in Waverly, Georgia the oldest of Clement and Mary Atkinson's seventeen (17) surviving children.