• William L Holman.
• Professor Emeritus, Department of Surgery University of Alabama at Birmingham.
• J. Am. Coll. Surg. 2025 Jan 14.

AbstractThe Joseph M Donald Endowment for the Archival Collection of the Southern Surgical Association is named for the 73rd President Elect of the Southern Surgical Association (Figure 1), who died in 1961 at age 57 before he had the opportunity to deliver his Presidential Address. Dr Donald's career as a surgeon in Birmingham began in 1931 after the completion of his residency at the Mayo Clinic. He was one of four generations of Donalds to serve Alabama as physicians. Joe practiced General Surgery at three hospitals in Birmingham, including work as voluntary faculty at University Hospital under Dr James Mason and later Dr Champ Lyons.Dr Donald interrupted his practice to serve in the European Theater with the US Army Medical Corps during the Second World War. He was a Governor and Regent of the American College of Surgeons (ACS) and a leader in the Alabama Chapter of the ACS. Two of his sons, Joseph, Jr and Thomas trained as surgeons. From 1854 until the present, twenty-four Donald or Donald-related physicians have practiced in Alabama (personal communication, Dr Thomas T Donald). The present talk is dedicated to the memory of Dr Joseph Marion Donald and his contributions to the field of surgery.Copyright © 2025 by the American College of Surgeons. Published by Wolters Kluwer Health, Inc. All rights reserved.

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