Robert Spencer Wigton, MD, c. 1937
Item
Title
Robert Spencer Wigton, MD, c. 1937
Date
1937
Description
Robert Spencer Wigton, MD, the son of Harrison Alonzo Wigton, MD, followed in his father’s footsteps, graduating from UNMC in 1935 and completing residencies in neurology and psychiatry at the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine. After serving in WWII, Dr. Wigton returned to Omaha and joined his father in practice and as a faculty member in the Department of Psychiatry at UNMC. Taking the mantel from his father, Dr. Wigton grew the clinic along with George Alexander Young, Jr., MD, and John A. Aita, MD, PhD for over 30 years.
Rights
Donated by the Wigton Family, from the McGoogan Health Sciences Library Special Collections and Archives
Subject
Department of Psychiatry