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After graduating from Temple University School of Medicine in 1936, Maurice Sones, M.D., served for six years in the U.S. Medical Corps during World War II. He joined the faculty of the Woman’s Medical College of Pennsylvania and became Chief of the Medical Outpatient Department in 1947, positions he held until his death in 1981.
Dr. Sones served as President of the Medical Staff in 1972 and 1973. He was a fellow of the American College of Physicians and the Philadelphia College of Physicians, and a member of the American Federation for Clinical Research, the Thoracic Society, and Alpha Omega Alpha medical honor society.
In tribute to his service to the Medical College of Pennsylvania, the Outpatient Department was dedicated as The Maurice Sones Medical Ambulatory Care Facility in 1982. The Maurice Sones Award was established to recognize excellence in ambulatory medicine.