Dr. Worth Daniels, 84
Roland Park resident was philanthropic
Posted 7/17/09
Worth Bagley Daniels, of Roland Park, died July 9, 2009. He was 84.
Born Jan. 3, 1925, in New York, N.Y., he was raised in Washington, D.C., where he attended St. Albans School. From June 1942 through June 1944, Dr. Daniels attended Harvard University and the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill.
Because of a shortage of doctors in World War II, he was accepted to Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine early. He was at Johns Hopkins from Sept. 15, 1944, through June 9, 1948.
Following medical school, he spent two years at Vanderbilt Hospital and Thayer Veterans Hospital, in Nashville, Tenn., doing his internship and first year of residency in medicine.
An internship with Duke Hospital, in Durham, N.C., followed in pathology from July 1, 1950, to June 29, 1951. In July of 1951, Dr. Daniels joined the Army at Fort Benning Army Hospital. After three months, he was sent to the 5th General Hospital, in Stuttgart, Germany, and later the US Army Hospital, in Landstuhl, Germany.
Discharged June 30, 1953, he returned to Baltimore and worked as the physician for social security, an outpatient clinic and McCoy College at Johns Hopkins.
His career then took him to Baltimore City Hospital in July 1954, where he began working as chief resident in a chronic disease ward, then as assistant resident in medicine, and the third year as chief resident in medicine.
He worked under Dr. Sam Asper at Johns Hopkins as a fellow in endocrinology from August 1957 to July 1958.
Dr. Daniels opened his private practice on Charles Street in September of 1958, which he continued until his retirement in 1989.
In 1969, he became a physician for Keswick Nursing Home. At the nursing home, Dr. Daniels did early morning rounds until his retirement.
A former medical director of the Union Memorial Hospital Home Hospice, Dr. Daniels was listed as one of the top four internists in Baltimore Magazine’s November 1981 issue. Dr. Daniels was also a supporter of Johns Hopkins Hospital School of Nursing, helping launch the “Committee of 100” scholarship fund, funded by 100 doctors donating $100 each.
An award was established, the Worth B. Daniels Jr. M.D. award, in 2005, by the School of Nursing, for his service to the school, and he was the first recipient on Oct. 6, 2005.
Among the boards and memberships Dr. Daniels was involved with, he was an elected member of the Institute of Medicine of the National Academy of Sciences, American Board of Internal Medicine, Chairman of the Board of Raleigh News and Observer, which his family had owned, Advisory Council Johns Hopkins University School of Nursing, Associate Professor School of Medicine at Johns Hopkins Hospital, and UMH Home Care Hospice Physician of the Year.
Dr. Daniels is survived by his wife, Jane Wilhelm Daniels; his daughters, Jane Desvarreux January Daniels and her husband, David Richard Calhoun, and Ann Osborne and her husband, Eric Allan Kalbfleisch; his grandchildren, Ann and Grace Calhoun, and Josephine Kalbfleisch; and a nephew, Leigh Churchhill Daniels and his wife, Evie Gauthier.
A memorial service was held July 15, 2009, at St. David’s Episcopal Church.
Memorial donations in Worth’s name may be made to Gilchrist Hospice Care, 11311 McCormick Road, Suite 350, Hunt Valley, MD 21031.
Born Jan. 3, 1925, in New York, N.Y., he was raised in Washington, D.C., where he attended St. Albans School. From June 1942 through June 1944, Dr. Daniels attended Harvard University and the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill.
Because of a shortage of doctors in World War II, he was accepted to Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine early. He was at Johns Hopkins from Sept. 15, 1944, through June 9, 1948.
Following medical school, he spent two years at Vanderbilt Hospital and Thayer Veterans Hospital, in Nashville, Tenn., doing his internship and first year of residency in medicine.
An internship with Duke Hospital, in Durham, N.C., followed in pathology from July 1, 1950, to June 29, 1951. In July of 1951, Dr. Daniels joined the Army at Fort Benning Army Hospital. After three months, he was sent to the 5th General Hospital, in Stuttgart, Germany, and later the US Army Hospital, in Landstuhl, Germany.
Discharged June 30, 1953, he returned to Baltimore and worked as the physician for social security, an outpatient clinic and McCoy College at Johns Hopkins.
His career then took him to Baltimore City Hospital in July 1954, where he began working as chief resident in a chronic disease ward, then as assistant resident in medicine, and the third year as chief resident in medicine.
He worked under Dr. Sam Asper at Johns Hopkins as a fellow in endocrinology from August 1957 to July 1958.
Dr. Daniels opened his private practice on Charles Street in September of 1958, which he continued until his retirement in 1989.
In 1969, he became a physician for Keswick Nursing Home. At the nursing home, Dr. Daniels did early morning rounds until his retirement.
A former medical director of the Union Memorial Hospital Home Hospice, Dr. Daniels was listed as one of the top four internists in Baltimore Magazine’s November 1981 issue. Dr. Daniels was also a supporter of Johns Hopkins Hospital School of Nursing, helping launch the “Committee of 100” scholarship fund, funded by 100 doctors donating $100 each.
An award was established, the Worth B. Daniels Jr. M.D. award, in 2005, by the School of Nursing, for his service to the school, and he was the first recipient on Oct. 6, 2005.
Among the boards and memberships Dr. Daniels was involved with, he was an elected member of the Institute of Medicine of the National Academy of Sciences, American Board of Internal Medicine, Chairman of the Board of Raleigh News and Observer, which his family had owned, Advisory Council Johns Hopkins University School of Nursing, Associate Professor School of Medicine at Johns Hopkins Hospital, and UMH Home Care Hospice Physician of the Year.
Dr. Daniels is survived by his wife, Jane Wilhelm Daniels; his daughters, Jane Desvarreux January Daniels and her husband, David Richard Calhoun, and Ann Osborne and her husband, Eric Allan Kalbfleisch; his grandchildren, Ann and Grace Calhoun, and Josephine Kalbfleisch; and a nephew, Leigh Churchhill Daniels and his wife, Evie Gauthier.
A memorial service was held July 15, 2009, at St. David’s Episcopal Church.
Memorial donations in Worth’s name may be made to Gilchrist Hospice Care, 11311 McCormick Road, Suite 350, Hunt Valley, MD 21031.
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