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were no premonitory signs. He had completed a full day and gone to bed. His wife heard a gurgling sound and he was gone. This was exactly as he would have wished it. Though formaly retired in 1971, he declined to attend the retirement ceremony for the retirees of that year and remained at work as usual in his laboratory coat. He was retained on the faculty on a part-time basis and continued to work on a history of Afro-American pathologists, a preliminary list of whom was published by him in this Journal for July 1974, v. 66, p. 357. Dr. Anderson was born on August 22, 1939, in Chambersburg, Pennsylvania, the youngest of nine children of Hezekiah and Ida Page Anderson. He received his early education in his native town and graduated from the Chambersburg High School in 1921. The proximity to Gettysburg and local Civil War History made him early conscious of the real nature of an Afro-American's problems in our beloved country and determined to considerable degree his course as a quiet mover to make a solid individdual contribution. He received the B.S. in 1927 from Colgate University, a classmate of his late faculty colleague, Dr. Henry Shields Robinson, whose obituary appears in this issue of the lournal, pp. 546-547. While at Colgate he also came to know the late Hon. Adam Clayton Powell.* Dr. Anderson's first appointment was at Storer College in Harper's Ferry, West Virginia where he taught from 1928-30. John Brown became thus indelibly in his mind. In 1930 he first came to Howard as assistant in bacteriology in the College of Medicine, in the Department headed by Dr. Hildrus A. Poindexter, where he remained until 1940 when he entered Meharry Medical College. Through summer study he had acquired an M.S. from the University of Minnesota in 1935. Meharry awarded him the M.D. in 1944 and he served his internship at Mercy-Douglass Hospital in Philadelphia, where he remained the following year as director of laboratories. He practiced medicine in Camden, New Jersey, 1945-50, and was a fellow in pathology at the Pennsylvania Hospital in Philadelphia, 1949-50. In 1951-52, he served as assistant professor of pathology at Meharry and returned to Howard in 1952 with the same rank and became associate professor in 1966. Dr. Anderson married Hazel King of Washington, D.C. in 1940, who survives him. He was a member of the American Society of Microbiologists, the NMA and other professional organizations. His scientific contributions appeared in several medical journals.
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v. this Journal, v. 58, pp. 393-396, 1966.
NOVEMBER, 1976
Dr. Henry Shields Robinson, Jr., (M.D., Howard, '30) former city councilman of the District of Columbia Government, died on June 19, 1976, after a massive stroke. He was 70. An orthopedic surgeon, Dr. Robinson was familiar to thousands of Howard University athletes and spectators as physician to the football and soccer teams.
Dr. Henry S. Robinson He was born on July 4, 1905, the second of three children of Henry S. and Ella (Bruce) Robinson in the family home at 1921 Eleventh Street N.W. in Washington, D.C. He attended the public schools and graduated from the Dunbar High School there in 1921. He then went to Colgate University where he was a letter-man in track as a middle distance runner, graduating with the A.B. in 1926. At Colgate he became friendly with his future colleague on the Howard medical faculty, the late Dr. Merton Blair Anderson (v. p. 545 of this issue of the Journal). He also knew the Hon. Adam Clayton Powell, then a student of Colgate. Dr. Robinson received the M.D. from Howard University in 1930, and was designated permanent president of his class. In medical school he was elected to the Kappa Pi Honorary Medical Society and was chosen an alumnus member of the Alpha Omega Alpha honor society in 1973. Following an interneship in Freedmen's Hospital he entered practice in Bowie, Maryland, in 1931, where he served as physician to the athletic teams of Bowie State College. In 1942 he returned to Washington, engaging in private practice and beginning an association with the Howard medical faculty and the athletic teams of the University which lasted until his retirement in 1970. He was assistant university physician for athletics and on the faculty he held the rank of clinical instructor in orthopedic surgery. At Freedmen's Hospital he worked with the orthopedist, Dr. Phillip T. Johnson, and later opened
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offices with him at 6th and S Streets, N.W., where he continued after Dr. Johnson's death. Dr. Robinson served the National Medical Association as vice speaker of the House of Delegates, 1965-66, and as speaker, 1966-68. In 1968 he was elected to a three year term on the NMA Board of Trustees. He was a member of the Medico-Chirurgical Society of the District of Columbia, the Medical Society of the District of Columbia and the Daniel Hale Williams Medical Reading Club. He was a past president of the Association of Former Intemes and Residents of Freedmen's Hospital and was a member of the Board of Trustees of the Georgetown University Community Health Plan. He also served on the Commission on Licensure for the Practice of the Healing Arts. Dr. Robinson entered politics in 1962 as a member of the District of Columbia Republican Central Committee and in 1964 was elected an alternate delegate to the Republican National Convention. He was a delegate to the Convention in 1968 and was elected a delegate to the 1976 Convention which he did not survive to attend. In October 1969 he was appointed by the President of the United States to the City Council of the District of Columbia* and reappointed in 1970, continuing to serve until 1974. He tremendously enjoyed his work on the Council and made many enduring contributions through service on its several committees, especially that on Health, Welfare and Aging of which he was chairman. He was a member of the Washington Urban League, the NAACP, the Boys Club of Washington and other community organizations. His ebullient personality always enhanced the atmosphere of the monthly meetings of the DePriest Fifteen Club. On December 27, 1928, Dr. Robinson married Marie H. Harris of Athens, Georgia, and to them two children were born, Henry S. and Ellen Marie. He was a devoted grandfather to Robin Marie Smith. The Fifteenth Street Presbyterian Church which he attended from early childhood was a strong influence in his life. The Church honored him with an Outstanding Service Award in 1974. Other awards were made to him by the Washington Chapter of the Veterans of Foreign Wars, '73; the College of Medicine and Freedmen's Hospital, '71 and the Washington Chapter of the Howard University Alumni Association, '60. * v. this Journal, v. 62, p. 80, 1970.
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Dr. Albert Porter Davis (M.D., Meharry, '13) of Kansas City, Kansas, died on September 1, 1976, at the age of 86. During his long life he gave unusual service and leadership to his profession, his community and the larger world with which he came into contact.
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Dr. Davis was 53rd president of the NMA in 195 3-54.* He was first elected to the Board of Trustees in 1947 and served as its chairman from 1949 to 1952 when he was chosen president-elect. He was the first to move from the post of chairman of the Board to the presidency. He discharged his duties in both of these responsible positions with a competence and dedication which has not been excelled in the history of the Association.t Dr. Davis was born in Palestine, Texas, November 18, 1890, the son of Dr. William and Louise (Craven) Davis. He received his early education in Palestine and graduated from the Lincoln High School there. He was awarded the M.D. by Meharry Medical College in 1913, and entered practice in Kansas City, Kansas, where he remained for the rest of his career with the exception of four years as a First Lieutenant in the Medical Corps of the United States Army, 1917-22. He supplemented his basic education with studies at the Sumner Junior College of Kansas City and the University of Kansas at Lawrence. From 1926 to 1932 he was assistant health director of Kansas City, Kansas, the first Afro-American to be named to such a post in that section of the country. He also served as deputy coroner of Wyandotte County, Kansas. He was a past president of the staff of the Wheatley-Provident Hospital in Kansas City, Missouri, and of the Aesculapian Medical Socicty.
this Journal, v. 44, p. 477, 1952. t v. this Journal, v. 46, pp. 364-365, 1954.
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were no premonitory signs. He had completed a full day and gone to bed. His wife heard a gurgling sound and he was gone. This was exactly as he would have wished it. Though formaly retired in 1971, he declined to attend the retirement ceremony for the retirees of that year and remained at work as usual in his laboratory coat. He was retained on the faculty on a part-time basis and continued to work on a history of Afro-American pathologists, a preliminary list of whom was published by him in this Journal for July 1974, v. 66, p. 357. Dr. Anderson was born on August 22, 1939, in Chambersburg, Pennsylvania, the youngest of nine children of Hezekiah and Ida Page Anderson. He received his early education in his native town and graduated from the Chambersburg High School in 1921. The proximity to Gettysburg and local Civil War History made him early conscious of the real nature of an Afro-American's problems in our beloved country and determined to considerable degree his course as a quiet mover to make a solid individdual contribution. He received the B.S. in 1927 from Colgate University, a classmate of his late faculty colleague, Dr. Henry Shields Robinson, whose obituary appears in this issue of the lournal, pp. 546-547. While at Colgate he also came to know the late Hon. Adam Clayton Powell.* Dr. Anderson's first appointment was at Storer College in Harper's Ferry, West Virginia where he taught from 1928-30. John Brown became thus indelibly in his mind. In 1930 he first came to Howard as assistant in bacteriology in the College of Medicine, in the Department headed by Dr. Hildrus A. Poindexter, where he remained until 1940 when he entered Meharry Medical College. Through summer study he had acquired an M.S. from the University of Minnesota in 1935. Meharry awarded him the M.D. in 1944 and he served his internship at Mercy-Douglass Hospital in Philadelphia, where he remained the following year as director of laboratories. He practiced medicine in Camden, New Jersey, 1945-50, and was a fellow in pathology at the Pennsylvania Hospital in Philadelphia, 1949-50. In 1951-52, he served as assistant professor of pathology at Meharry and returned to Howard in 1952 with the same rank and became associate professor in 1966. Dr. Anderson married Hazel King of Washington, D.C. in 1940, who survives him. He was a member of the American Society of Microbiologists, the NMA and other professional organizations. His scientific contributions appeared in several medical journals.
*
v. this Journal, v. 58, pp. 393-396, 1966.
NOVEMBER, 1976
Dr. Henry Shields Robinson, Jr., (M.D., Howard, '30) former city councilman of the District of Columbia Government, died on June 19, 1976, after a massive stroke. He was 70. An orthopedic surgeon, Dr. Robinson was familiar to thousands of Howard University athletes and spectators as physician to the football and soccer teams.
Dr. Henry S. Robinson He was born on July 4, 1905, the second of three children of Henry S. and Ella (Bruce) Robinson in the family home at 1921 Eleventh Street N.W. in Washington, D.C. He attended the public schools and graduated from the Dunbar High School there in 1921. He then went to Colgate University where he was a letter-man in track as a middle distance runner, graduating with the A.B. in 1926. At Colgate he became friendly with his future colleague on the Howard medical faculty, the late Dr. Merton Blair Anderson (v. p. 545 of this issue of the Journal). He also knew the Hon. Adam Clayton Powell, then a student of Colgate. Dr. Robinson received the M.D. from Howard University in 1930, and was designated permanent president of his class. In medical school he was elected to the Kappa Pi Honorary Medical Society and was chosen an alumnus member of the Alpha Omega Alpha honor society in 1973. Following an interneship in Freedmen's Hospital he entered practice in Bowie, Maryland, in 1931, where he served as physician to the athletic teams of Bowie State College. In 1942 he returned to Washington, engaging in private practice and beginning an association with the Howard medical faculty and the athletic teams of the University which lasted until his retirement in 1970. He was assistant university physician for athletics and on the faculty he held the rank of clinical instructor in orthopedic surgery. At Freedmen's Hospital he worked with the orthopedist, Dr. Phillip T. Johnson, and later opened
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offices with him at 6th and S Streets, N.W., where he continued after Dr. Johnson's death. Dr. Robinson served the National Medical Association as vice speaker of the House of Delegates, 1965-66, and as speaker, 1966-68. In 1968 he was elected to a three year term on the NMA Board of Trustees. He was a member of the Medico-Chirurgical Society of the District of Columbia, the Medical Society of the District of Columbia and the Daniel Hale Williams Medical Reading Club. He was a past president of the Association of Former Intemes and Residents of Freedmen's Hospital and was a member of the Board of Trustees of the Georgetown University Community Health Plan. He also served on the Commission on Licensure for the Practice of the Healing Arts. Dr. Robinson entered politics in 1962 as a member of the District of Columbia Republican Central Committee and in 1964 was elected an alternate delegate to the Republican National Convention. He was a delegate to the Convention in 1968 and was elected a delegate to the 1976 Convention which he did not survive to attend. In October 1969 he was appointed by the President of the United States to the City Council of the District of Columbia* and reappointed in 1970, continuing to serve until 1974. He tremendously enjoyed his work on the Council and made many enduring contributions through service on its several committees, especially that on Health, Welfare and Aging of which he was chairman. He was a member of the Washington Urban League, the NAACP, the Boys Club of Washington and other community organizations. His ebullient personality always enhanced the atmosphere of the monthly meetings of the DePriest Fifteen Club. On December 27, 1928, Dr. Robinson married Marie H. Harris of Athens, Georgia, and to them two children were born, Henry S. and Ellen Marie. He was a devoted grandfather to Robin Marie Smith. The Fifteenth Street Presbyterian Church which he attended from early childhood was a strong influence in his life. The Church honored him with an Outstanding Service Award in 1974. Other awards were made to him by the Washington Chapter of the Veterans of Foreign Wars, '73; the College of Medicine and Freedmen's Hospital, '71 and the Washington Chapter of the Howard University Alumni Association, '60. * v. this Journal, v. 62, p. 80, 1970.
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547
Dr. Albert Porter Davis (M.D., Meharry, '13) of Kansas City, Kansas, died on September 1, 1976, at the age of 86. During his long life he gave unusual service and leadership to his profession, his community and the larger world with which he came into contact.
l~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Dr. A. Porter Davis
Dr. Davis was 53rd president of the NMA in 195 3-54.* He was first elected to the Board of Trustees in 1947 and served as its chairman from 1949 to 1952 when he was chosen president-elect. He was the first to move from the post of chairman of the Board to the presidency. He discharged his duties in both of these responsible positions with a competence and dedication which has not been excelled in the history of the Association.t Dr. Davis was born in Palestine, Texas, November 18, 1890, the son of Dr. William and Louise (Craven) Davis. He received his early education in Palestine and graduated from the Lincoln High School there. He was awarded the M.D. by Meharry Medical College in 1913, and entered practice in Kansas City, Kansas, where he remained for the rest of his career with the exception of four years as a First Lieutenant in the Medical Corps of the United States Army, 1917-22. He supplemented his basic education with studies at the Sumner Junior College of Kansas City and the University of Kansas at Lawrence. From 1926 to 1932 he was assistant health director of Kansas City, Kansas, the first Afro-American to be named to such a post in that section of the country. He also served as deputy coroner of Wyandotte County, Kansas. He was a past president of the staff of the Wheatley-Provident Hospital in Kansas City, Missouri, and of the Aesculapian Medical Socicty.
this Journal, v. 44, p. 477, 1952. t v. this Journal, v. 46, pp. 364-365, 1954.
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