Coatesville, PA, United States
Whittier C. Atkinson (1893-1991). Founded Clement Atkinson Memorial Hospital here, 1936, offering quality health care to all despite inability to pay. First African American president of Chester County Medical Society; Pa. Practitioner of the year, 1960. A 1924 graduate of Howard University, he bega
n his Coatesville practice in 1927.
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