Barack Hussein Obama's 1961 Vital Statistics -- Race And Color

1961 Vital Statistics  -- Race And Color

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According to the U. S. Public Health Service, births in the United States in 1961 were classified for vital statistics into white, Negro, American Indian, Chinese, Japanese, Aleut, Eskimo, Hawaiian and Part-Hawaiian (combined), and "other nonwhite."

The category "white" includes, in addition to persons reported as "white," those reported as Mexican or Puerto Rican.  With one exception, a reported mixture of Negro with any other race is included in the Negro group; other mixed parentage is classified according to the race of the nonwhite parent and mixtures of nonwhite races to the race of the father.  The exception refers to a mixture of Hawaiian and any other race, which is classified as Part-Hawaiian.

In most tables a less detailed classification of "white" and "nonwhite" is used.

Now we know the government is a stickler for codes so that big brother can keep track of all our statistics.  Well, according the the US CDC website there have been some revisions as of late to the types of codes for 'race' on vital records certificates.

Prior to 2009, the latest revision to the actual long form took place in 2004.  In 1961, a black person was listed as either 'black' or 'negro'.  In 2004, the one showing on the CDC site shows he could have been listed as either 'black' or 'African American' as ethnicity then came into play.  Now in 2009 (revised 1/09), codes for those of the Negro race are listed and one can now be listed as just 'African' as is shown on Obama's COLB.

 
US vital statistic birth records for 1961 in Hawaii (By place Of residence. Data refer only to births occurring within the United States. Based on a 50-percent sample. "Metropolitan counties" include all counties that are standard metropolitan statistical areas (metropolitan State economic areas for New England). "Nonmetropolitan counties" include all other counties):

On page 205 are the statistics for Live Births, non-White Hawaiian births:
    

•  12,198 -- non-white births

•  12,110 -- attended in a hospital by physician
•  50 -- attended out of a hospital by physician or midwife

•  38 -- unattended

 
So, that's around 76 unattended births in the year Obama was born.  Was Barack Obama one of those 76?    Information regarding these birth came from the word or statement of a relative.  It might account for the Obama/Nordyke birth certificate numbers anomaly.

Barack Hussein Obama's birth MD Pearl Harbor survivor a hero!!!

Pearl Harbor survivor a hero to visitors

By Dan Nakaso
Advertiser Staff Writer

Rodney West, a Pearl Harbor survivor and retired physician, greets the Navarro family at the USS Arizona Memorial Visitors Center. From right, that's Mike, 15, Brady, 11, Andrea and Rich. West also signed the Navarros' copy of his book, "Honolulu Prepares for Japan's Attack." Photos by BRUCE ASATO | The Honolulu Advertiser

The hearing's gone in Dr. Rodney West's right ear. He's losing muscle mass in his legs and has to use a wheelchair since falling and breaking his hip after attending ceremonies last Dec. 7 for the 65th anniversary of the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor.
At age 96, it's sometimes difficult for West to remember details of things that happened to him just a few hours earlier.
"My memory is not as good as it used to be," West said.
But when he's asked about what he did on Dec. 7, 1941, West sits up straight in his wheelchair and his voice drops into a lower register as the pictures in his mind rewind 66 years to the sight of Japanese Zeros strafing the Pacific Fleet, bombs falling from the sky and charred men screaming in West's usually sleepy dispensary on Ford Island.
"They had burns all over," said West, who was a lieutenant junior grade officer assigned to the dispensary with six other Navy doctors. "You'd pick them up and their skin would come off. It was not a nice thing to see."

West holds court at the visitors' center each Wednesday, signing autographs and shaking hands with people who want to meet one of the last few Pearl Harbor survivors. "He's living history," one visitor said.

Sixteen years ago, on the 50th anniversary of the Pearl Harbor attack that launched America into World War II, the Pearl Harbor Survivors Association estimated it had 40,000 members still alive, said Mal Middlesworth, the group's national president.
Today, there are only about 5,000 survivors of the attack, including West.
So West transforms into something of a World War II rock star every Wednesday when he sits at a table at the USS Arizona Memorial Visitors Center and signs autographs and greets dozens of people who want to shake the hand of someone who not only survived the attack, but treated about 100 wounded sailors and soldiers in a dispensary normally accustomed to dealing with colds and scrapes.
"There were so many" wounded, West said. "We gave them morphine for the pain and treated them with what we had, which was not much."
Dr. Rodney T. West

Born: Dec. 23, 1910, Wailuku, Maui Education: Skipped seventh and eighth grades; Honolulu Military Academy, Punahou School, where West played clarinet. Naval service: Joined Navy Reserve in January 1940, activated Sept. 5, 1941 — March 26, 1946. Resigned from Navy Reserve in 1949 at rank of commander. Medical career highlights: Delivered 5,000 babies; President, Hawaii Medical Association (1963); Medical Director, Straub Clinic (now Straub Clinic & Hospital) until retirement in 1975; one of the founders and first president of the American College of Physician Executives (1975). Family: Wife, Mary Ann (Carlisle) West, died 1994; daughter, Jo-Anne Lewis (Kaimuki); sons, Kenneth C. West (Phoenix) and Rodney West Jr. (Spokane, Wash.) Lives: Kahala Nui senior residence

West can't hear his fans' questions over the din of hundreds of visitors mingling around the USS Arizona Memorial Visitors Center's bookstore, where he signs copies of the eighth edition of his book, "Honolulu Prepares for Japan's Attack."
Many of his admirers are disappointed that they can't communicate very well with West among the throng of people.
But they're thrilled when he happily poses for photographs and signs World War II memorabilia of all kinds for anyone who approaches him.
"He's a hero," Gina LaRock of Madison, Wis., said after West autographed a photo of the Arizona Memorial that she just purchased. "He helped save our country."
Many of the dozens of people who surround West each Wednesday are unabashed in their reasons for wanting to meet one of the few remaining Pearl Harbor survivors.
"He's living history and he's not going to be around much longer," said Richard Schellenger of Eugene, Ore., who bought one of West's books for him to sign. "Once he's gone, he's gone."
"He's part of our history," said Rich Navarro of Brentwood, Calif. "I'm just so glad that I can bring my kids to see someone who's an actual Pearl Harbor survivor. There's not that many left."
West is working on more pages for an upcoming ninth edition of his book. His appearance at the Arizona visitors center each week helps make the book one of the more popular among all of the titles in the bookstore, said Tony Catekista, one of the store's sales managers.
"It definitely helps (sales) when he's here," Catekista said. "But for a lot of people, it's more than that. It can be very emotional for them when they meet him."
West sticks to the facts, with no wiggle room for emotion, when he remembers Dec. 7, 1941.
He had been in the Naval Reserve and was activated in September, while simultaneously running a private medical practice in an office he shared at the site of the present state Capitol.
On that lazy Sunday, West was in his Manoa home getting ready to head to the office when his father called at 8:15 a.m. to tell West to turn on the radio.
In his book, West wrote that the announcer said, "All military personnel must report to their duty stations, immediately! ... We are being attacked. ... The attackers have been identified as the Japanese!"
West piled into his green 1941 Oldsmobile, picked up two aviator friends and barreled down Beretania Street toward Pearl Harbor at 70 mph, stopping only for military checkpoints.
As they got closer, the men could see planes, fire, heavy smoke and anti-aircraft shells bursting in the sky.
They jumped out at Hospital Point on the Pearl Harbor Naval base and looked for a ferry to take them to Ford Island, where the PB2Y hangar had been bombed and was still in flames.
The men could only find an open skiff with an outboard motor and a sailor willing to risk enemy fire to get them across.
"There was all kinds of shooting and noise and we looked at that boat and said, 'We've got to go through in that?' " West said. "We said, 'If this kid's brave enough to take us there, let's get aboard.' "
The sailor took them past the crippled USS Nevada, which was still being strafed by Japanese fighters, the USS California, the overturned USS Oklahoma and the damaged USS Maryland.
Once on Ford Island, West ran to the two-story, Pearl Harbor Naval Air Station Dispensary, where a delayed action bomb apparently intended for the USS California had left a 7-foot-deep crater in the middle of the dispensary's courtyard.
Inside, West saw burned sailors and soldiers everywhere, including at least 10 who were on the floor. Most had suffered flash burns from exploding ordnance.
West and the other doctors worked until 5 p.m. treating the burn victims with only morphine and bandages. They didn't even have penicillin.
West slept in the dispensary for the next four nights, waiting for another wave of Japanese fighter planes that never came.
When it was over, there were no ribbons or medals for what he did. "It was our duty," West said plainly. "You don't make a big deal about it."
Today, almost 66 years later, West understands why people want to meet him.
"There's a special feeling, even for the kids, to shake the hand of someone who's been under fire," West said. "This was the biggest and the worst war we've ever had. To them, I guess I am a hero."

Dr. Rodney Thomas West Obama Birth MD

Dr. Rodney Thomas West
Feb. 24, 2008
Dr. Rodney Thomas West, 97, of Honolulu, a retired Straub Clinic & Hospital obstetrician and gynecologist and Navy commander and veteran, died in Kahala Nui Nursing Care Home. He was born in Wailuku. He is survived by children Jo-Anne W. Lewis, and Kenneth and Rodney Jr.; seven grandchildren; and five great-grandchildren. Visitation: 4 to 5 p.m. Tuesday at Unity Church, Diamond Head. Private burial. No flowers. Donations suggested to Punahou School (designated to student scholarships) or Foundation of the Rotary Club of Honolulu.

Our records show that Dr. Rodney T. West was Chief of Staff at Kapiolani Hospital in 1953.  He was certified by the American Board of Obstetrics & Gynecology in 1958 and practiced at The Straub Clinic and Hospital until his retirement in December 1977.

Thank you for your interest.

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On the same thread a poster confirms that Rodney West was in fact still delivering babies.

Catherine West Dale says:

March 24, 2010 at 2:58 pm Catherine West Dale(Quote)

My great uncle was Dr Rodney West, and he delivered me at Kapiolani Hospital on March 26, 1961, the same year Obama was born. That is a fact and it is on my birth certificate.
Catherine West Dale says:

March 25, 2010 at 11:56 am Catherine West Dale(Quote)

I’ll ask my dad, he knows a lot more about his uncle than I do.
Also wanted to add that Dr Rodney T. West delivered my sister at Kapiolani Hospital in Mar 1964.

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An Amazing Life Rodney T. West, MD, was born December 23, 1910, in Wailuku, Maui in the, then, Territory of Hawaii. He attended Honolulu Military Academy, graduated from Punahou School and then Northwestern University’s undergraduate and medical schools in Chicago, Illinois. In 1934, he returned to the Islands with his wife Mary Ann Carlisle of Vienna, Georgia, to complete internship and residency at Honolulu’s Queen’s Hospital. On November 1,1935, he joined Dr. R. W. Benz's general medical practice in one of the small houses on the property now occupied by the State Of Hawaii’s Capitol Building, During football seasons, he volunteered as team doctor for Punahou School, and by the summer of 1939 he had fathered his first two children, a daughter and a son.

In January of 1941, believing that war was inevitable and imminent, he joined the U.S. Naval Reserve. Because he was not called into active duty until September 5, 1941, he became seriously involved in what was at first called “disaster preparations,” preparations that were, in the following year and a half, to be become extensive and unparalleled in U.S. history. During that interim, Dr. West worked in cooperation with the Hawaii Chapter of the American Red Cross, the Honolulu County Medical Society, the City and County Emergency Unit and the Queen’s Hospital, to assist in setting up a program that would see O`ahu prepared.

On December 7th, 1941, during the second wave of strafing and bombing by Japanese planes, he crossed the channel in an open whaleboat to report to duty at the Ford Island Dispensary. There he attended to hundreds of burned victims, and remained at the dispensary until Thursday, at which time he was finallly able to return to his Manoa home.

Following his tour of duty at Pearl Harbor, Dr. West served on Johnston Island in the Pacific, at Oahu’s Kaneohe Naval Air Station, (now KMCS), at Pensacola, Florida’s NAS where he received flight surgeon training, and at Key West, Florida’s NAS as chief medical officer. There his third child, a son, was born. After VJ Day, he returned to the NAS in Honolulu to receive his full commander’s rating and honorable discharge from active duty. He continued to serve in the Naval Reserves until September of 1949.

After his return to the Islands, Dr. West spent doctors who had not had a vacation for the duration of the war, and served on the Big Island as plantation doctor at Ola`a Sugar Plantation (Kea`au). In June of 1949 he was asked to join the Obstetrics and Gynecology Department of The Clinic (now Straub Clinic & Hospital), and returned to Honolulu practice. Over the years, he delivered more than 5000 babies, usually at Kapi`olani Maternity Hospital, personallly chronicling their vital statistics in bound ledgers. Nearing the end of his practice, Dr. West took on the role of medical director, Straub Clinic’s first, before retiring at 65 years of age in December of 1975.

Throughout his lifetime, Dr. West served the medical community in many other ways: as Kapi`olani Hospital’s Chief of Staff for a number of years, as president of the Hawaii Medical Association in 1963, as liaison for the annual Pan Pacific Surgical conferences in Honolulu and finally in the founding of The American College of Physician Executives, becoming its first president. Today this organization has over 15,000 members.

Dr. West was also active in community affairs. In the 50's He was an active Kiwanian. In 1968, he joined The Rotary Club of Honolulu, believing strongly in Rotary International goal to advance world health and planetary peace. In May 2001 he was honored as one of the club's “living treasures.” Over the years, Dr. West played a key role on many boards, including the Better Business Bureau, the Cancer Research Center of Hawaii, the Salvation Army, and the Unity Church of Hawaii.
 

Dr. David Sinclair

Dr. David Sinclair

In this 1996 photo provided by Ivalee Sinclair shows her late husband, Dr. David Sinclair. Sinclair, whose signature appears on the recently released birth certificate of President Barack Obama, had an obstetrics and gynecology practice in Honolulu and delivered babies all over Hawaii when Obama was born in 1961, said his son Karl Sinclair, 55, of Kailua. The doctor retired in the late 1990s and died in 2003 at 81.

 Family of doctor who delivered Obama 'honored'

(AP) – 6 hours ago

HONOLULU (AP) — The family of a Honolulu doctor whose signature appears on President Barack Obama's birth certificate woke up to the news Wednesday that the late obstetrician had delivered Obama.

Relatives of Dr. David Sinclair told The Associated Press that they were "blown away" and "honored."

So-called "birthers" have questioned Obama's birthplace, espousing theories that he was not born in the U.S., possibly his father's native Kenya, and therefore ineligible to be president.

Obama released a short form copy of his birth certificate in 2008. Recently, potential Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump began questioning why he hadn't ensured that the original certificate was released.

On Wednesday, the White House released a copy of the original birth certificate.

Below Obama's mother's signature was one which appeared to read: "David. A. Sinclair."

"It's my husband's signature," said his widow, Ivalee Sinclair, 82, from her downtown Honolulu office. She held up a copy of the birth certificate she printed from the Internet and pointed to the signature, recognizing his familiar left-handed cursive.

Sinclair had an obstetrics and gynecology practice in Honolulu and delivered babies all over Hawaii when Obama was born in 1961, said his son Karl Sinclair, 55, of Kailua. The doctor retired in the late 1990s and died in 2003 at 81.

"What a shocker," said Karl Sinclair, one of six children. "It's amazing. I'm blown away by it, quite honestly."

They found out because one of their relatives was awake at 3 a.m. watching the news and saw the signature, said Dawn Yoshimura-Sinclair, who is married to another Sinclair son, Dr. Brian Sinclair, a neuroradiologist.

"We can attest to the fact that it is indeed dad's signature," Yoshimura-Sinclair said. "It's not a common name over here. There's no confusion that it was dad."

Ivalee Sinclair said her husband never discussed his patients and that delivering a black child born to a white mother wouldn't be a detail he would focus on.

"He never would have brought anything like that up," she said. "He delivered a lot of children. I have no idea how many."

Relatives said while they previously never made the connection, looking back it makes sense because there were few obstetricians in Honolulu at the time.

"He never turned anyone away," said Karl Sinclair's wife, Julie Sinclair. "Whether they could pay or not."

Born in Portland, Ore., Sinclair moved to Hawaii at 15 because his father was an engineer who helped build Wilson tunnel on Oahu. The doctor joined the military after hearing the Pearl Harbor bombing from his front lawn, Ivalee Sinclair said. He was an Army pilot and witnessed so much death during the war that he became a doctor so he could have a career focusing on giving life, family members said.

"I think he became a doctor because he was concerned about all the people who died in the war," his widow said. "I think he wanted to do something to make up for that."

Ivalee Sinclair met her future husband during trigonometry class at the University of Hawaii, where he enrolled after the war. He later went to medical school at the University of California at San Francisco, where he completed his residency.

Sinclair returned to Honolulu with his wife and children in 1960. He delivered babies mostly at what is now known as Kapiolani Medical Center for Women & Children, just a couple miles from his home and where Obama was born.

Sinclair's widow still lives in their English tudor which features a view of the Honolulu skyline and where the Sinclairs raised their six children. A shady avocado tree is planted next to plumeria flowers fronting the home that is listed on the state historic registry. A framed black-and-white portrait of the doctor and his family sits over the fireplace in the living room.

The Sinclair sons said they imagine he would be thrilled one of the babies he delivered grew up to be president.

"I'm just honored and proud of my father," Karl Sinclair said.

"I think it's great," said Dr. Brian Sinclair, who pursued a career in medicine because of his father. "Hawaii was a very small place back then so I guess I'm not surprised."

Brian Sinclair graduated from the same high school as Obama but didn't know him personally. The Sinclair family includes Obama supporters and those who didn't vote for him, they said.

The Sinclairs hope the birth certificate will end the speculation.

"It distracts from all the issues," Ivalee Sinclair said.

"To me, the birth certificate doesn't lie," Karl Sinclair said. "I think that should put everything to bed."