Chinn, May Edward, 1896-1980

found: Her Interview with May Edward Chinn, 1981:t.p. (May Edward Chinn) leaf ii (b. 4-15-1896, Great Barrington, Mass.; physician)

found: African American National Biography, accessed January 17, 2015, via Oxford African American Studies Center database:(Chinn, May Edward; oncologist, physician; born 15 April 1896 in Great Barrington, Massachusetts, United States. She earned her BS from Columbia University (1921); graduated from Bellevue Hospital Medical College (1926); earned an MS degree in Public Health from Columbia University (1933); studied cytological methods at Memorial Hospital (1928-1933); worked at the Strang Clinic affiliated with New York Infirmary for Women and Children Hospital (1944-1973); was a medical adviser in New York State Department of Health (1960-1977). She was elected to the Society of Surgical Oncology (1958) and to the American Society of Cytology (1972). She received a Teachers' College Distinguished Alumnus Award from Columbia University (1980). She died 01 December 1980 in New York, New York, United States)

found: African American women, 1993:pages 104-105 (May Edward Chinn, surgeon and pianist. Family moved to New York City when she was three years old. Her mother worked for jeweler Charles Tiffany and May was raised on the estate in Tarrytown, N.Y. as one of the Tiffany children. When she and her mother returned to New York, May gave piano lessons to kindergardeners. Entered Columbia University in 1917. While in college she performed or accompanied musicians on the piano, including performing for the USO. Was the first "Negro" woman (her preferred term) to earn a medical degree from Bellvue Hospital Medical College and the first to intern at Harlem Hospital. Retired at age 81.)