Leonard Ramsay Thompson

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Leonard Thompson

Leonard was one of six children of Pirrie and Janet Thompson. He spent much of his childhood in Everett, WA and went to college at the University of Washington where he received his undergraduate degree in bacteriology. Then in 1921 he earned a doctor of medicine from Stanford University Medical School. During his internship he was House Officer in Obstetrics and Gynecology at San Francisco Hospital. He had post-graduate education in obstetrics and gynecology at the University of Pennsylvania Medical School. He practiced medicine in San Pedro, CA where he was an active civic and medical leader.

His children with Ruth: