Harry Vernon Sims, Sr. (February 11, 1892 - October 26, 1962), was a Fellow of the American College of Surgeons and a president of the New Orleans Obstetrical and Gynecological Society who published numerous research articles on gynecology. Dr.Sims entered the United States Navy the same month that the United States declared war on the Central Powers: April 1917. He served in France with the Second Battalion, Fifth Marine Regiment and was awarded the Silver Star for gallantry. He was a member of Nu Sigma Nu and Kappa Alpha Order fraternities.