New encyclopedia of Texas, volume 2, Part 58

Author: Davis, Ellis A.
Publication date: 1926
Publisher: Dallas, Tex. : Texas development bureau, [1926?]
Number of Pages: 1262

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R. AARON S. POLLOCK, whose activities for the past several years have identified him with the medical profession at Port Arthur, has established a large practice in this city, and is an authority in the field of genito- urinary diseases. Dr. Pollock is associated with Dr. B. W. Wood, the firm specializing in genito- urinary diseases, and has made a splendid record as a physician. His natural ability, mental endowment and excellent training are contributing factors to his years of successful practice, and few men are better informed as to medical advancement in re- cent years. Dr. Pollock is also active in the busi- ness world, and was one of the organizers of the Seaboard State Bank of Port Arthur, of which he has been president since September, 1921.

Dr. Pollock was born in Pope County, Arkansas, the twenty-first of January, 1871, the son of W. I. Pollock, a native of Tennessee, who came to Arkan- sas in 1849 and was a farmer in that state until his death, and Sarah Robinson Pollock, a native of North Carolina, and also deceased. As a boy Dr. Pollock attended the public schools of Athens Coun- ty, Arkansas, later entering the medical department of the University of Louisville, Kentucky, where he received his medical degree in 1893. He then took post-graduate work at New Orleans, Louisiana, and Chicago, then returned to his native state, beginning the practice of his profession in Atkins, Arkansas, where he remained for three years. He then came to Texas, going first to Cherokee County, where he practiced for five years, then going to Big Sandy, where he remained until coming to Port Arthur in 1911, at which time he was appointed quarantine officer at the port by Governor Colquitt, holding this office for eight years. During this time Dr. Pollock took an active part in the commercial and civic life of the city, as well as contributing to its advance- ment from a professional standpoint.

Dr. Pollock was married at Atkins, Louisiana, the seventeenth of April, 1894, to Miss Addie Johnson, a native of that state. Dr. and Mrs. Pollock have three children, Harle J. Pollock, who is with the marine department of the Gulf Refining Company at Port Arthur, and is married and has one child, Rene; Pauline, wife of T. E. Halsel of Port Ar- thur, and who has one child, Everett Sherrill, and Edith, wife of Charles L. Motsah of Sabine, Texas, and who has three children, Charles Pollock, William L., and Aaron Sherrill. The family reside at 2609 Sixth Street. Dr. Pollock is a Mason, Cosmopolitan Blue Lodge, No. 872, Port Arthur, belongs to the Knights of Pythias at Big Sandy, and is a member of the Lions Club at Port Arthur. Dr. Pollock has given many years of an industrious and busy life to the welfare of his community, and has been a leader in every forward looking activity at Port Arthur, whether commercial, civic or medical.

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OY D. WILSON, M. D., whose activities for the past decade and a half, have identified him with the medical fraternity of Hous- ton, has found this city ripe in professional advantages. He commenced the practice of medicine at Houston in 1908, as a general practitioner, and since that time his work has been continued along the same broad lines. Dr. Wilson's close contact with his professional duties, and his altruistic atti- tude toward public health make him most valued as a citizen, and his is one of the most honored names in the medical fraternity at Houston. Dr. Wilson has his offices in the Keystone Building.

Dr. Wilson was born at Houston, Texas, the first of January, 1886, the son of J. S. Wilson, M. D., a physician of Houston, and the grandson of N. C. Wilson, M. D., both natives of Pennsylvania, who came to the Lone Star State in 1865. Dr. Wilson attended the public schools of Houston, and as a student in high school, specialized in French and German. After graduating from high school Dr. Wilson took a musical course at the New England Conservatory of Music at Boston, and is an accom- plished musician. Later he entered Tulane Medical University, taking his M. D. degree in 1908. Dr. Wilson has practiced in Houston since taking his degree, with the exception of a period of military service. Dr. Wilson enlisted in May, 1917, and was commissioned First Lieutenant, Medical Corps, U. S. A., and called to active service the nineteenth of July, 1917, and assigned to Fort Clarke, and later to Fort Sam Houston, Base Hospital. He was made Captain the second of February, 1918, Major in May, 1919, and was discharged the first of November, 1919, returning to Houston and resuming his prac- tice here.

Dr. Wilson was married at Houston the eighth of November, 1911, to Miss Nell K. McGary, a mem- ber of a Houston family. Dr. and Mrs. Wilson make their home at 1501 Calumet Drive. Dr. Wilson is a Mason, Temple No. 4, Blue Lodge, Eighteenth De- gree, Scottish Rite, a Knight Templar, and a mem- ber of Arabia Temple Shrine. He belongs to the Rotary Club, the Salesmanship Club, the University Club, the River Oaks Country Club, and takes an active interest in the social and musical life of Hous- ton. He belongs to the Houston Academy of Medi- cine, the Harris County Medical Society, the South Texas District Medical Association, the Texas Medi- cal Association, and the American Medical Associa- tion.

E. DUNNAM, M. D., one of the very able members of the medical profession in Hous- ton, has in the several years of his practice here attained a commendable reputation in the field of general medicine and is regarded by his associates as particularly well equipped for this work. Dr. Dunnam came to Houston in 1920, after a decade of successful practice elsewhere, and has been associated with Drs. Hargrove, Spiller and Levy as a member of the medical firm of Hargrove, Dun- nam, Spiller and Levy, who maintain offices in the Keystone Building. Dr. Dunnam is accustomed to the diffuse responsibility of the general practi- tioner, and with an invaluable faculty for diagnosis and exceptional training, brings to bear an assured knowledge in the field of general medicine. He is faithful to his responsibilities as custodian of the welfare of his patients and has built up a very large

practice.

Dr. Dunnam was born in Harris County the sec- ond of December, 1884. His father, W. J. Dunnam, likewise a native of the Lone Star State, was born in Polk County, near Livingston, in 1849, the son of William T. Dunnam, a slave owner and planter on a large scale, who was born in Mississippi in 1804 and came to Texas in 1840. His mother was before her marriage Miss Josephine Collins. As a boy of two years old Dr. Dunnam was taken to Conroe, Texas, and was reared there, attending the public schools and later entering the University of Texas. His first medical practice was in 1907 in Mont- gomery County, where as an undergraduate he prac- ticed on certificate. He took his degree from the medical department of the University of Texas at Galveston, in 1912, and began his regular practice at Spring, in Harris County, where he remained until coming to Houston in 1920.

Dr. Dunnam was married at Spring, the twenty- seventh of April, 1910, to Miss Olive M. Henry. Dr. and Mrs. Dunnam have two children, Martena Olive and Thomas Eugene, Jr. and reside at 715 Haw- thorne Street. Dr. Dunnam is a Mason, being affil- iated with Houston Blue Lodge No. 1189, the Chapter at Conroe, the Consistory at Galveston, and Arabia Temple Shrine at Houston. He belongs to the Har- ris County Medical Society, the South Texas District Medical Society, the Texas Medical Association and the American Medical Association. Dr. Dunnam is active in all civic work and is particularly interested in the development of Houston along medical lines. He is interested in the broader aspect of his voca- tion, finding public health work especially appealing, and is one of the substantial residents of his com- munity.

RED R. LUMMIS, physician and surgeon, has been identified with the medical fra- ternity of Houston since 1916 when he finished college and returned to the city of his nativity to begin the practice of his profession. Dr. Lummis is a member of the firm of Lummis and McMurrey, with offices located at 819-20 Union National Bank Building and is engaged in a general practice of medicine, but devotes the greater portion of his time to surgery. In addition to his private practice, Dr. Lummis is on the staff of general surgery of the Baptist Hospital and is the medical advisor of the department of athletics of the Rice Institute.

A native Texas, Dr. Lummis was born in Hous- ton November 1st, 1884. His father, H. H. Lummis (deceased since 1917), was a well known Houston lawyer and a member of an old Texas family. His mother was Miss Minnie Rice, a member of one of Houston's most prominent families, whose forbears came to Texas in the early days when the state's history was in the making. The pre-medical educa- tion of Dr. Lummis was received in the high school of Houston, and in the private school which was conducted for many years by Prof. Welch. Later, he became a student of the University of the South and graduated from this institution in the class of 1906 with the B. A. Degree. He then attended Jefferson Medical College at Philadelphia, from which he graduated in 1913 with the M. D. Degree. During 1914 and 1915, he served an interneship at Jefferson College Hospital, and in 1916 returned to Houston and began a general practice of medicine,

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which he continued until June 1917 when he entered the World War and was commissioned a First Lieutenant. He served at Camp Travis, San An- tonio, Texas, and went to France March 25th, 1918, with the Ninth Infantry and served at Base Hospital 116 and later at No. 91 where he was operating surgeon. He was discharged as a captain in July 1919, when he returned to Houston and resumed his practice. Dr. Lummis is interested in various commercial enterprises in Houston and is a direc- tor in the Union National Bank.

Dr. Lummis is a member of the Alpha Kappa Kap- pa (Hon.), Alpha Tau Omega, Phi Alpha Sigma (medical frat.), Houston Country Club, University Club, American Medical Association, State, County and Southern Societies. He is a member of the A. F. & A. M., and is a Knight Templar of this organization and is a Shriner of Arabia Temple. Dr. Lummis believes that Houston will become a great medical center, and that it is the logical place for same, and that this will come with the building of more hospitals.

ARL B. YOUNG, M. D., who has during the several years of his residence at Houston been identified with medical activities, has taken an active interest in the advancement of progressive medical ideals, and is one of the fore- most physicians and surgeons of this city. Dr. Young, while not limiting his work to surgery, has given special attention to this work, and has had ex- ceptional success with his surgical cases. Dr. Young has been specially trained in this field, and ap- proaches the most difficult case with confidence. He is on the teaching staff of the Municipal Hospital and on the visiting staff of St. Joseph's Hospital. He maintains his office in the Union National Bank Building.

Dr. Young was born at Lynchburg, Virginia, the fifth of January, 1891. His father, Dr. C. B. Young was for many years a prominent physician at Lynchburg, and has a large practice there. As a boy Dr. Young attended the public schools of Lynch- burg, and later Rockhill College at Ellicott City, Maryland. He was also a student at the Holy Cross Academy at Lynchburg. For his medical training he went to the Medical College of Virginia at Richmond, Virginia, and took his medical degree there the sec- ond of June, 1914. He spent the following year in the Memorial Hospital at Richmond, where he was interne. He then spent fourteen months at the C. & O. Railroad Hospital at Huntington, West Virginia, after which he came to Texas and began his prac- tice here. When the United States entered the World War, Dr. Young enlisted in service, and was commissioned First Lieutenant, Medical Corps, U. S. A., the seventeenth of August, 1917, and was sent to the Medical Officers Training Camp at Fort Oglethorpe, Georgia, for three months. From there he went to the University of Pennsylvania for a special course in surgery and was assigned to Fort Sill on field duty. Later he went overseas with Base Hospital No. 85, and was on detached service at Paris, with the American Red Cross, Hospital No. 3, and later at Angers, France, with Base Hospital, No. 85, his original unit. He returned to the United States in February, 1919, and was on duty at the Base Hospital at Camp Grant, until discharged the third of May, 1919. Dr. Young then returned to

Houston, and resumed his practice here.

Dr. Young was married at Houston the first of February, 1922, to Miss Eleanor Hamilton. They make their home at 3603 Audubon Place. Dr. Young is a Knight of Columbus, and is chairman of the First Aid Section of Southwestern Division of the Red Cross. He belongs to the Harris County Medi- cal Society, the South Texas Medical Society, the State Medical Association, the American Medical Association and the Southern Medical Association of Military Surgeons.

R. E. F. COOKE, Pathologist, came to Hous- ton in 1907 from Ellis County, where he had been engaged in the general practice of medicine, which he continued in this city until 1909, when he opened his general clinical labor- atory to do pathological work. He devotes his entire time to this branch of medical work and has built up a splendid practice. Dr. Cooke is Professor of Bacteriology of the Texas Dental College and has attained considerable prominence as an instructor, and is regarded as the leading Pathologist in Hous- ton.

Dr. Cooke was born in England and came to the United States in 1890. He lived for one year in Iowa and then came to Galveston. His father, H. C. Cooke (deceased since 1920) was a well known ar- chitect, and after coming to Texas resided in Gal- veston, Houston and Corsicana. His mother (de- ceased since 1913) was Miss Elizabeth A. Fenton, a member of a prominent English family. Dr. Cooke's early education was obtained in the public and high schools of Galveston. Later he attended the Uni- versity of Texas, graduating from the Medical De- partment of that institution in 1897 with the M. D. degree. During 1897 and 1898 he served as an In- terne in Saint Mary's Infirmary, Galveston. During almost every year since that time, Dr. Cooke takes a course of study at Northern Laboratories. In the latter part of the year 1898 Dr. Cooke engaged in a general practice of medicine near Conroe, Texas, and remained there until 1900, when he located in Ellis County and remained in this county until 1907, when he came to Houston and was engaged in the general practice of medicine until he opened his laboratory, which includes general clinical laboratory work.

Dr. Cooke became a naturalized citizen in 1917 and during the same year entered the World War. He was commissioned a Lieutenant, and later was made a Captain. He served a greater part of his time in General Hospital No. 33, at Fort Logan H. Roots, as chief of the Pathological service, and was discharged March 12, 1919. Dr. Cooke was married June 10, 1899, to Miss Pearl F. Mccluskey. They have four children, Alice Elizabeth, now Mrs. Sam Hutchison, Edward Fenton, Jr., Arthur and Marian. In fraternal, social and medical association, Dr. Cooke holds membership in the A. F. and A. M., Glenbrook Country Club, Old River Club, of which organization he was President, Society of American Bacteriologists, American Medical Association, Har- ris County Medical Society and the State Patholog- ical Society. Dr. Cooke is deeply interested in mak- ing Houston a great medical center, and says that there are many plans on foot that will greatly help the city to become the leading medical center of the Southwest, and that they will be worked out suc- cessfully within a few years.

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R. D. A. MANN, a resident of Beaumont for around a decade, and one of the ablest physicians of this section, has earned note- worthy prominence in his profession, and his standing as a physician has been stamped with the approval of the community. Dr. Mann came to Beaumont in September of 1916, and has been en- gaged in general practice since that time. For the past several years he has been associated with Dr. Hugh E. Alexander, having formed a partnership with him at the time the latter came here in 1922. Dr. Mann has his offices, equipped with those aids to practice modern medicine demands, in the Perl- stein Building, and has been accorded a large pa- tronage.

Dr. Mann was born in Tyler County, Texas, the twenty-eighth of August, 1876. His father, S. E. Mann, a native of the Lone Star State, has been a Baptist Minister in Tyler County for many years, and is still active in this work, although past seven- ty-five years of age. His mother, before her mar- riage Miss Annie Enlow, is also a native Texan, and lives in Tyler County. Dr. Mann attended the schools of Tyler County as a boy, and after finish- ing his public school work entered Tulane Univer- sity, at New Orleans, in the medical department, taking his M. D. Degree in 1906. He has further fortified himself for his profession by post-graduate work, and spent some time at Mayo Brothers, at Rochester, Minnesota, and at the clinics at New Orleans. He began his practice in Angelina Coun- ty, and practiced there for around a decade, until coming to Beaumont, in 1916.

Dr. Mann was married the twenty-second of Oc- tober, 1893, in Tyler County, to Miss Alma Stur- rock, a native of that county. They have four children, Bertha, wife of C. J. Plummer of Port Arthur, and who has two children, Eunice Edith and Mary. The family resides at 1735 Victoria Avenue, and attend the Baptist Church, to which Dr. Mann liberally contributes. Dr. Mann belongs to the American Legion, and is a member of the Jefferson County Medical Society, the South Tex- as Medical Association, the Texas Medical Associa- tion and the American Medical Association. He has, notwithstanding the exacting demands made upon him professionally, taken a deep interest in the advancement of Beaumont, and has done much for the welfare and development of this city.

R. EDWARD W. VAUGHAN, whose name for around a decade has been of special sig- nificance in the medical fraternity at Port Arthur, is one of a group of physicians who have taken a large part in the medical advancement of the city, and is one of the leading eye, ear, nose and throat specialists here. Dr. Vaughan came to Port Arthur in 1916, and with the exception of a short time spent in Houston has engaged in practice here since that time, limiting his work to the eye, ear, nose and throat. He maintains a well appointed suite of offices in the Deutser Building and has a large and well established practice.

Dr. Vaughan was born at Paintsville, Kentucky, the ninth of April, 1880, the son of C. N. Vaughan, a native of Virginia, and now of Kentucky, where he is a well known Methodist minister. Dr. Vaughan spent his early years in Kentucky, attending the public schools of that state. He received his pre- medical training at Ashland College and Marion

Normal College, and after nine years spent in In- diana, where he taught school, he entered the Chi- cago College of Medicine and Surgery, where he took his medical degree in 1910. He served his in- terneship at the Chicago Women's Hospital, during his last year at college, and immediately after tak- ing his degree came to Lampasas, Texas, where he began his practice. He engaged in practice there for six years, building up a large practice and win- ning the highest esteem of his confreres. He came to Port Arthur in 1916, and remained here until 1920, when he went to Houston to engage in the oil business, remaining there for one year. He then returned to Port Arthur and resumed his practice, and has so continued to the present time. Dr. Vaughan is also active in the business world, and is president of the Vaughan-Pace Hardware and Furniture Company, the largest hardware establish- ment in Port Arthur, and is vice president of the W. F. and J. F. Barnes Lumber Company of Waco.

Dr. Vaughan was married at Lampasas, Texas, the fourth of April, 1916, to Miss Myrtle Barnes, a native of the Lone Star State. They reside in Port Arthur at 1911 Fifth Street, and have one child, Alice Elizabeth. Dr. Vaughan is a member of the Elks Club, the Tarpon Club, of which he is vice president and a director, and is a Mason, Blue Lodge, at Port Arthur, Knight Templar, and a mem- ber of El Mina Temple Shrine at Galveston. He is known and valued as an enthusiastic and progres- sive representative of the medical profession and has contributed to make Port Arthur one of the most medically advanced cities of the coast.

W. KUEBLER, M. D., has since coming to this city won recognition for his work in the field of Urology, and has contributed ma- terially to the standing of Houston as a medical center. Dr. Kuebler has been associated in his practice with Dr. D. C. DeWalt, also an eminent Urologist, and as a medical firm they have taken an important part in the professional life of the city. Dr. Kuebler has his offices in the Kress Building, and has an extensive practice in his chosen specialty. He is well equipped for his work along this line, and is on the staff of the Municipal Hos- pital, and also practices in the various hospitals of the city.

Dr. Kuebler was born at Jasper, Indiana, on the seventh of August, 1887. His father, Edward J. Kuebler, a native of Indiana, has been for many years in the general merchandising business at Jas- per, where he is well known for his business and civic activities incident to the prosperity of that city. Dr. Kuebler received his elementary education in the public schools of Jasper, and after graduating from the high school there entered the Indiana University School of Medicine, taking his M. D. degree in 1909. The following year he served as Interne at St. Anthony's Hospital, at Terre Haute, after which he went to Indianapolis, where he en- gaged in general practice until enlisting in military service during the recent war. Dr. Kuebler was com- missioned Junior Lieutenant, U. S. N., R. F., Medi- cal Corps, in September, 1917, and assigned to duty at the Naval Base at Hampton Roads, in the Uro- logical Department, where he served a year and a half. He then served as Medical Officer in Trans- port Service, making six trips across, and was dis- charged in September, 1919, resuming his practice.

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He came to Houston in 1920, at which time he lim- ited his work to Urology.

Dr. Kuebler is a charter member of the Sam Houston Post of the American Legion, and has taken an active interest in the work among the vet- erans sponsored by this organization, particularly along vocational lines, and in the work among the disabled veterans. He was the first Post Surgeon, and achieved splendid results in his work for the Legion. Dr. Kuebler has also taken a deep interest in all public health measures, and in the general civic advancement of the city. He is a member of the Harris County Medical Society, the Texas Medi- cal Association, and the American Medical Associa- tion. A man of high mental attainment, gracious and cultured, he has been a factor in social, as well as civic activities, and is one of the best liked citizens of Houston.

ICHOLAS ANDRONIS, A. B., M. D., Gal- veston, Texas, has been an active figure in the medical circles of this city since he received his degree from the medical branch of the University of Texas in 1918. Dr. Andronis is engaged in a general practice of medicine. He is also instructor in surgery at the University of Texas in the medical department, and is acting assistant surgeon of the United States Public Health. During the period of the World War, Dr. Andronis was instructor at Galveston for the S. A. T. C. He has succeeded in building up a large practice here in his chosen branch of the medical profession and is regarded as one of the leading physicians and surgeons of this city.

A native of Greece, Dr. Andronis was born on January 23rd, 1891. His parents were well known and highly esteemed citizens of their native coun- try. Dr. Andronis came to America as a boy and grew to manhood in the State of Maine. His acad- emic education was obtained in the public and high schools of Massachusetts, after which he became a student of Bates College in the state of Maine, where he graduated in the class of 1914 with the A. B. degree. He then came to Texas and entered the medical branch of the University of Texas and graduated here in the class of 1918, with the M. D. degree. While at the university he became a mem- ber of the Phi Beta Kappa fraternity, and the Kappa Psi Medical fraternity.

In fraternal and social organizations Dr. Andronis holds membership in the Masonic order, Tucker Lodge of Galveston, and in the B. P. O. E., the Knights of Pythias and the Lions Club, in all of which he takes an active interest. He is at present secretary of the Galveston County Medical Associa- tion, and is one of the most active members of this association. He is identified with the State Medical Association, the South Texas Medical Society, Fellow of the American Medical Association, Association of Military Surgeons and the American Surgical Hygiene Association, and takes a deep interest in all matters pertaining to his profession, and espe- cially to that branch of the science in which he is especially engaged. Dr. Andronis believes that Gal- veston has need of more hospitals and that the chances for this city becoming a great medical cen- ter are exceptionally encouraging. He is greatly in favor of the young physicians of today special- izing in some branch of the medical profession as the day of the general doctor has passed. The

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New encyclopedia of Texas, volume 2, Part 58

Author: Davis, Ellis A. Publication date: 1926 Publisher: Dallas, Tex. : Texas development bureau, [1926?] Number of Pages: 1262

Author: Davis, Ellis A.
Publication date: 1926
Publisher: Dallas, Tex. : Texas development bureau, [1926?]
Number of Pages: 1262