Henry Stanley Plummer

Henry Stanley Plummer ( – ) was an American internist and endocrinologist who, along with William Mayo, Charles Mayo, Augustus Stinchfield, E. Starr Judd, Christopher Graham, and Donald Balfour founded Mayo Clinic. Plummer is also immortalized as the driving force behind the Plummer Building, which still stands as a part of the Clinic he helped establish. Biography Early life and education Plummer was born in Hamilton, Minnesota to Dr. Albert Plummer (August 9, 1840 – March 20, 1912) and his wife Isabelle (née Steere; September 26, 1850 – January 15, 1936). He attended high school in Spring Valley, Minnesota, after which he attended the University of Minnesota for two years, then completed his course of study with a four-year term at the Chicago Medical College of Northwestern University, graduating in 1898. Afterward, he returned to Racine, Minnesota, to assist his father, Albert Plummer, with his private practice. Career