Harvey J. Howard

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Harvey James Howard (January 30, 1880 – 1956) was an American

ophthalmologist. Howard specialized in aviation medicine and trachoma. He was also a founding member of Arcacia
collegiate fraternity.

Early life

Howard was born on January 30, 1880 in

University of Michigan at Ann Arbor where he was a founding member of Arcacia fraternity.[1] He graduted in 1904 with an A.B.[1]

He attended the University of Pennsylvania, graduating with a medical degree in 1908.[2] He graduated from Havard University with an A.M. in 1910. He also earned an Oph.D. from the University of Colorado in 1918.[1]

Career

Howard was a resident physician at

Canton Christian College in China between 1910 and 1915.[2] He received a Rockefeller Foundation fellowship to study ophthalmologic pathology at Harvard University from 1916 to 1918.[1] He was elected to the American Ophthalmological Society in 1917.[2]

During

US Army Medical Corps during World War I.[3][1]

Howard returned to China where he served as head of the Department of Ophthalmology at

epithelial cells.[2] He was also the ophthalmologist of Puyi, the boy emperor in the Forbidden City, between 1921 and 1925.[2]

He was a fellow at the University of Vienna from 1923 to 1924.[2] He was the founding chair of the Department of Ophthalmology at Washington University School of Medicine in 1927.[2] He oversaw the construction of a new building for ophthalmology, developed a resident training program and conducted research on aviation medicine and trachoma of Indians.[2]

Howard was the medical director of the Missouri Commission for the Blind from 1931 to 1948.

St. Louis, Missouri, with offices in the Park Plaza Hotel.[2]

Howard was a colonel in the medical reserve corps during World War II.[1]

Professional affiliations

Howard was a fellow of the

American Academy of Ophthalmology and Otolaryngology, the American Ophthalmological Society, the Florida Medical Association, and the Southern Medical Association.[1]

Personal life

Howard married Maude Irene Strobel in Philadelphia on June 25, 1910.[2][1] They had three children, Margaret Howard Jackson, James "Jim" Howell Howard, and Martha Howard.[2] After Maude died in 1948, he married Alice Tilson Eastes.[2][1]

In 1926, Howard and his son Jim were kidnapped by Manchurian bandits who demanded a $100,000 ransom ($1,721,053 in today's money).[2] They escaped after ten weeks (77 days) with the help of the Chinese army.[2] Howard wrote of the event in his book Ten Weeks with Chinese Bandits, which was published in seven langueges.[2]

Howard was a member of the

United China Relief.[1]

Howard died in 1956 in Clearwater, Florida.[2]

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o "Lives of the Founding Fathers". Acacia Fraternity. Retrieved 2024-03-06.
  2. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r Sarli, Cathy. "Harvey J. Howard (1880-1956) | Medical Journeys". Washington University School of Medicine. Retrieved 2024-03-06.
  3. PMID 16692470
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