Dr. Julius Ernest Levick of Houston died on August 26, 1955 after a short illness. He was born on January 29, 1899 in Ekaterinoslav, now called Dnepropetrovsk, Russia, the son of Moses and Molly Levick. After coming to North America, he attended the University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Canada, and the University of Manitoba Faculty of Medicine, from which he graduated in 1922.
He served an internship in the Children's Hospital in Winnipeg for one year, then served a general residency in Vancouver General Hospital for one year, then spent another year of general internship at St. Anthony's Hospital in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. He practiced medicine in Elk City, Oklahoma from 1925 until 1949.
Dr. Levick was an officer in the Army Medical Corps from 1942 until 1945, during which time he received training in psychiatry. He moved to Houston in 1949 and became a psychiatrist at the Veterans Administration Hospital, where he was practicing at the time of his death.
Dr. Levick became affiliated with the Texas Medical Association through the Harris County Medical Society, and was also a member of the American Medical Association, Phi Delta Epsilon medical fraternity, the Masonic Lodge, the Kiwanis Club and Temple Beth Israel. He was married to Miss Dena Weinberg in Oklahoma City in 1926.
Survivors are two daughters; Mrs. Melvin Anchell and Miss Diana Levick of Houston, a son, Norman Levick of Amarillo, and five grandchildren.
--- --- --- published in the Texas State Journal of Medicine, December 1955. Transcriber is not a relative and has no further information regarding this family.
Saturday, October 22, 2011
Friday, October 21, 2011
Wilfrid Edward Muldoon, M.D. (1896-1955)
Dr. Wilfrid Edward Muldoon died October 3, 1955 in San Antonio, Texas. He was born in Youngstown, Ohio on November 29, 1896 and received his preliminary education there. Following his graduation from high school, he entered the University of Michigan at Ann Arbor, where he earned his bachelor of science degree in 1920. He graduated from the University of Michigan Medical School in 1922, and went to the Panama Canal Zone, where he interned at the Ancon Hospital for one year.
Dr. Muldoon practiced in the Tela Railroad Hospital in Honduras for two years before going to Europe to study ophthalmology at the University of Paris, the University of Bordeaux and the University of Vienna. Returning to the United States, he served a two-year residency in ophthalmology at the Wills eye Hospital in Philadelphia before beginning his own practice in San Antonio.
Dr. Muldoon was a member of the Bexar County Medical Society, the Texas Medical Association, the American Association, and the American Academy of Ophthalmology and Otolaryngology, and was a diplomate of the American Board of Ophthalmology. He was also a member of the Association Medico Hondureno and the American Medical Association of Vienna.
Survivors include Mrs. Muldoon, a son, William Henry Muldoon, a daughter, Miss Laurie Muldoon, all of San Antonio, and three brothers, William H. Muldoon of San Antonio, James Muldoon of Baltimore, Edward M. Muldoon of Archbold, Ohio; and three sisters, Mrs. Edna Pyle of San Antonio, Miss Mary Blanche Muldoon of Toledo, and Mrs. Fred C. Medicus of Berkeley, California.
-- -- -- published in the Texas State Journal of Medicine, December 1955. Transcriber is not a relative and has no further information regarding this family.
Dr. Muldoon practiced in the Tela Railroad Hospital in Honduras for two years before going to Europe to study ophthalmology at the University of Paris, the University of Bordeaux and the University of Vienna. Returning to the United States, he served a two-year residency in ophthalmology at the Wills eye Hospital in Philadelphia before beginning his own practice in San Antonio.
Dr. Muldoon was a member of the Bexar County Medical Society, the Texas Medical Association, the American Association, and the American Academy of Ophthalmology and Otolaryngology, and was a diplomate of the American Board of Ophthalmology. He was also a member of the Association Medico Hondureno and the American Medical Association of Vienna.
Survivors include Mrs. Muldoon, a son, William Henry Muldoon, a daughter, Miss Laurie Muldoon, all of San Antonio, and three brothers, William H. Muldoon of San Antonio, James Muldoon of Baltimore, Edward M. Muldoon of Archbold, Ohio; and three sisters, Mrs. Edna Pyle of San Antonio, Miss Mary Blanche Muldoon of Toledo, and Mrs. Fred C. Medicus of Berkeley, California.
-- -- -- published in the Texas State Journal of Medicine, December 1955. Transcriber is not a relative and has no further information regarding this family.
Wednesday, October 19, 2011
Harold H. Boehning, M.D. (1893-1955)
Dr. Harold H. Boehning, senior physician at Abilene State Hospital, died in Dallas on August 31, 1955. He had gone to Dallas for a vacation and to visit with his daughters who live there.
Dr. Boehning was born on December 13, 1893 in Elgin, Illinois, and moved to Canyon, Texas at the age of eleven. After attending Clarendon College, he entered Southern Methodist University in Dallas, and received his B.A. degree in 1923. In 1927, he graduated from the Baylor University College of Medicine in Dallas.
Miss Grace Clark, a nursing student, and Dr. Boehning were married on July 3, 1928. After they completed their training, they went to Korea as medical missionaries of the Methodist Church and remained there until 1940, when they returned to Abilene, and Dr. Boehning joined the staff of the Abilene State Hospital. He was appointed assistant superintendent in 1943.
Survivors include Mrs. Boehning, a son, Dr. Harold Clark Boehning, now stationed in Fort Bliss; two daughters, Mrs. Richard Archer and Mrs. Robert Clawson, both of Dallas; and five brothers: Clarence W.H. of Abilene, Walter of Canyon, Alvin of Amarillo, Willard of Wildorado, and Kenneth of Omaha, Nebraska. He also leaves one sister, Mrs. Ester Sembritzke of Clyde.
== == == published in the Texas State Journal of Medicine, November 1955. Transcriber is not a relative and has no further information regarding this family.
Dr. Boehning was born on December 13, 1893 in Elgin, Illinois, and moved to Canyon, Texas at the age of eleven. After attending Clarendon College, he entered Southern Methodist University in Dallas, and received his B.A. degree in 1923. In 1927, he graduated from the Baylor University College of Medicine in Dallas.
Miss Grace Clark, a nursing student, and Dr. Boehning were married on July 3, 1928. After they completed their training, they went to Korea as medical missionaries of the Methodist Church and remained there until 1940, when they returned to Abilene, and Dr. Boehning joined the staff of the Abilene State Hospital. He was appointed assistant superintendent in 1943.
Survivors include Mrs. Boehning, a son, Dr. Harold Clark Boehning, now stationed in Fort Bliss; two daughters, Mrs. Richard Archer and Mrs. Robert Clawson, both of Dallas; and five brothers: Clarence W.H. of Abilene, Walter of Canyon, Alvin of Amarillo, Willard of Wildorado, and Kenneth of Omaha, Nebraska. He also leaves one sister, Mrs. Ester Sembritzke of Clyde.
== == == published in the Texas State Journal of Medicine, November 1955. Transcriber is not a relative and has no further information regarding this family.
Tuesday, October 18, 2011
Burton Watson Allen, M.D. (1893-1955)
Dr. Burton Watson Allen of Dallas, Texas, died on September 19, 1955, in a local hospital. He was born in Edwardsville, Alabama on December 15, 1893 to Mr. and Mrs. James M.L. Allen. He received his Bachelor of Science degree from East Texas State Teachers College in Commerce, and graduated from Baylor University College of Medicine (Dallas) in 1931.
Following an internship at Providence Hospital in Waco, he began his medical practice in Dallas. After a brief stay, he moved to Mabank. In 1938 he returned to Dallas, where he was in active practice until the time of his death.
He was a member of the Dallas County Medical Society, the Texas Medical Association, the American Medical Association, the American Academy of General Practice, the Christian Church, and the Masonic Lodge. He married Miss Roberta White on June 16, 1918 in Mabank, Texas.
Survivors include Mrs. Allen, a daughter, four sisters and two brothers. His daughter is Mrs. Homer A. Taylor of Houston. His sisters are Mrs. Stephen Clay of Dallas, Mrs. Annie Sharples of Waco, Mrs. Mary Jo Haskin of Overton, and Mrs. Wade Pipes of Shodurant, Louisiana. His brothers are Cornelius Allen of Delhi, Louisiana and J. Alexander Allen of Choccolocco, Alabama. He also leaves two granddaughters.
+++ published in the Texas State Journal of Medicine, November 1955. Transcriber is not a relative and has no further information regarding this family.
Following an internship at Providence Hospital in Waco, he began his medical practice in Dallas. After a brief stay, he moved to Mabank. In 1938 he returned to Dallas, where he was in active practice until the time of his death.
He was a member of the Dallas County Medical Society, the Texas Medical Association, the American Medical Association, the American Academy of General Practice, the Christian Church, and the Masonic Lodge. He married Miss Roberta White on June 16, 1918 in Mabank, Texas.
Survivors include Mrs. Allen, a daughter, four sisters and two brothers. His daughter is Mrs. Homer A. Taylor of Houston. His sisters are Mrs. Stephen Clay of Dallas, Mrs. Annie Sharples of Waco, Mrs. Mary Jo Haskin of Overton, and Mrs. Wade Pipes of Shodurant, Louisiana. His brothers are Cornelius Allen of Delhi, Louisiana and J. Alexander Allen of Choccolocco, Alabama. He also leaves two granddaughters.
+++ published in the Texas State Journal of Medicine, November 1955. Transcriber is not a relative and has no further information regarding this family.
Monday, October 17, 2011
Rush Quinn Hunter, M.D. (1897-1955)
Dr. Rush Quinn Hunter of Palestine, Texas, died in a local hospital on September 19, 1955. He was born on December 10, 1897 in Bullard, and was the son of Dr. Ripley Hayes Hunter and Bernice Jones Hunter. He attended Lon Morris College in Jacksonville, then went to Southern Methodist University, from which he graduated in 1918.
He received his medical degree at the University of Texas Medical Branch in 1922. After serving an internship at the John Sealy Hospital in Galveston, he served a residency at the Missouri Pacific Railroad Hospital in Palestine and began his practice there. In partnership with his brother, Dr. R.H. Hunter, and a nephew, Dr. R.H. Kay, he owned and operated the Hunter-Hunter-Kay Clinic in Palestine until the time of his death.
Dr. Hunter was a member of the Texas and American Medical Associations through the Anderson-Houston-Leon Counties Medical Society, of which he was president in 1936. He was also a member of the Eleventh District Medical Society, Alpha Kappa Alpha medical fraternity, Rotary International, the Masonic Lodge and the Methodist Church. He was a fellow of the American College of Surgeons and chief of staff at Memorial Hospital. From 1918 until 1920, Dr. Hunter was a member of the Reserve Officers Training Corps.
On September 24, 1924, Dr. Hunter married Miss Aline West in Bay City, Texas. Mrs. Hunter and two children, Mrs. Mary Martha Styner and Rush Q. Hunter, Jr., both of Austin, survive. He also leaves five sisters; Mrs. L.F. Kay, Mrs. Hunt Graham and Mrs. Ray Smith, all of Tyler, Mrs. N.C. Garrison of Garrison, and Mrs. Charles R. Guinn of Waco; and one brother, Dr. R.H. Hunter of Palestine.
= = = published in the Texas State Journal of Medicine, November 1955. Transcriber is not a relative and has no further information regarding this family.
He received his medical degree at the University of Texas Medical Branch in 1922. After serving an internship at the John Sealy Hospital in Galveston, he served a residency at the Missouri Pacific Railroad Hospital in Palestine and began his practice there. In partnership with his brother, Dr. R.H. Hunter, and a nephew, Dr. R.H. Kay, he owned and operated the Hunter-Hunter-Kay Clinic in Palestine until the time of his death.
Dr. Hunter was a member of the Texas and American Medical Associations through the Anderson-Houston-Leon Counties Medical Society, of which he was president in 1936. He was also a member of the Eleventh District Medical Society, Alpha Kappa Alpha medical fraternity, Rotary International, the Masonic Lodge and the Methodist Church. He was a fellow of the American College of Surgeons and chief of staff at Memorial Hospital. From 1918 until 1920, Dr. Hunter was a member of the Reserve Officers Training Corps.
On September 24, 1924, Dr. Hunter married Miss Aline West in Bay City, Texas. Mrs. Hunter and two children, Mrs. Mary Martha Styner and Rush Q. Hunter, Jr., both of Austin, survive. He also leaves five sisters; Mrs. L.F. Kay, Mrs. Hunt Graham and Mrs. Ray Smith, all of Tyler, Mrs. N.C. Garrison of Garrison, and Mrs. Charles R. Guinn of Waco; and one brother, Dr. R.H. Hunter of Palestine.
= = = published in the Texas State Journal of Medicine, November 1955. Transcriber is not a relative and has no further information regarding this family.
Sunday, October 16, 2011
Joe Stewart Kirkpatrick, M.D. (1915-1955)
Dr. Joe Stewart Kirkpatrick of Fort Worth, Texas, died on September 6, 1955. He was born December 23, 1915 in Winchester, Ohio, the son of Earl and Lida Kirkpatrick. He attended high school in Columbia, Ohio and Ohio State University, receiving his bachelor of arts degree in 1938. Prior to his entry in medical school, he was employed by General Motors in Flint and Detroit, Michigan as an insurance investigator.
In 1945, Dr. Kirkpatrick entered Ohio State University Medical School in Columbus, from which he was graduated in 1949. He did his internship and residence in Harris Hospital, Fort Worth. He practiced in Fort Worth from 1951 until the time of his death. He was a member of the Tarrant County Medical Society, Thirteenth District Medical Society, Texas Medical Association, American Medical Association, Fort Worth Internist Club, and Alpha Omega Alpha honorary medical fraternity.
He was married on April 16, 1942, to Miss Frieda R. Materna in Flint, Michigan. He is survived by Mrs. Kirkpatrick and two sons; Joel David, 5, and Michael Stephen, 3; his mother Mrs. Lida McMeekin of Worthington, Ohio; one brother, Philip Kirkpatrick of New Orleans; and three sisters, Mrs. Fred B. Smith of Worthington, Mrs. John Neff of Chicago, and Mrs. O.R. Edgington of Englewood, Ohio.
=== === published in the Texas Journal of Medicine, November 1955. Transcriber is not a relative and has no further information regarding this family.
In 1945, Dr. Kirkpatrick entered Ohio State University Medical School in Columbus, from which he was graduated in 1949. He did his internship and residence in Harris Hospital, Fort Worth. He practiced in Fort Worth from 1951 until the time of his death. He was a member of the Tarrant County Medical Society, Thirteenth District Medical Society, Texas Medical Association, American Medical Association, Fort Worth Internist Club, and Alpha Omega Alpha honorary medical fraternity.
He was married on April 16, 1942, to Miss Frieda R. Materna in Flint, Michigan. He is survived by Mrs. Kirkpatrick and two sons; Joel David, 5, and Michael Stephen, 3; his mother Mrs. Lida McMeekin of Worthington, Ohio; one brother, Philip Kirkpatrick of New Orleans; and three sisters, Mrs. Fred B. Smith of Worthington, Mrs. John Neff of Chicago, and Mrs. O.R. Edgington of Englewood, Ohio.
=== === published in the Texas Journal of Medicine, November 1955. Transcriber is not a relative and has no further information regarding this family.
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