Personal Names in Arizona Medical History

Leon, Mrs. 9/14/1921 Minutes of the Pima County Medical Society, 1904-1954.

Where are the accents? Does Cipriano take an accent? Leon, Cipriano Hernandez
Members of the PCMS 1904-1930
See History of Arizona medicine; collections of Orville Harry Brown, M.D. [AHSL Special Collections WZ 70 AA7 H673].

J Am Med Assoc, Oct 1921; 77: 1118 - 1119: Cipriano Hermandez Leon; Tucson, Ariz.; National School of Medicine, Mexico, 1896; died, September 13, from heart disease, aged 50.

See History of Arizona medicine; collections of Orville Harry Brown, M.D. [AHSL Special Collections WZ 70 AA7 H673].
Quebbeman, Frances E. Medicine in territorial Arizona. Phoenix : Arizona Historical Foundation, 1966, page 353.

Middle name “Beverly”[?]
Arizona Medical Board record: Robert B. Leonard MD; license number: 2081; licensed date: 10/04/1948; medical school: MED UNIV OF SC COLL OF MED, Charleston, South Carolina; graduation date: 06/15/1945.

See History of Arizona medicine; collections of Orville Harry Brown, M.D. [AHSL Special Collections WZ 70 AA7 H673].

Arizona Medical Board record: Frederick J. Lesemann, Jr. MD; license date: 10/4/1947; medical school: HARVARD MED SCH, Boston, Massachusetts; graduation date: 06/24/1937.
Pima County Medical Society (Tucson, Arizona). Sombrero, December 1984.

J Am Med Assoc, Aug 1946; 131: 1505: ARMY MEDICAL CORPS OFFICERS RECOMMENDED FOR/OR RELIEVED FROM ACTIVE DUTY. Illinois. Lesemann, Frederick J. Jr. ... Chicago.

J Am Med Assoc, Jan 1954; 154: 160: Lesemann, Frederick Joseph; Los Angeles; Rush Medical College, Chicago, 1908; member of the Illinois State Medical Society; formerly practiced in Chicago, where he was for many years a member of the board of trustees and member of the senior surgical staff of the Englewood Hospital; died Nov. 25, aged 73, of coronary arteriosclerosis.
Most likely the father of Frederick J. Lesemann, Jr. MD.

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1904-1920-030: "Medic Chur Col Phil; [graduation date:] 1905; [license date:] 1905"
Members of the PCMS 1904-1930 (membership application accepted at 1/16/1906 meeting)
See History of Arizona medicine; collections of Orville Harry Brown, M.D. [AHSL Special Collections WZ 70 AA7 H673]: 4:169.
Quebbeman, Frances E. Medicine in territorial Arizona. Phoenix : Arizona Historical Foundation, 1966, page 353.

See History of Arizona medicine; collections of Orville Harry Brown, M.D. [AHSL Special Collections WZ 70 AA7 H673].

J Am Med Assoc. 1926;86(8):560: Michigan. A testimonial dinner was given recently to Dr. Constantine Leventis, Detroit, on the eve of his departure for Arizona, where he will continue to work on the development of a serum for the treatment of tuberculosis.

Mentioned in the 1949-11-07-02 Minutes of the Pima County Medical Society, 1904-1954.
Name appears as “Levereaux.”

More than likely each Leverton mentioned in the 1929-1936 Minutes of the Pima County Medical Society, 1904-1954 is this person. Arizona Medical Board record: William R. Leverton MD; license date: 1/14/1930; medical school: ST LOUIS UNIV SCH OF MED, St. Louis, Missouri; graduation date: 05/22/1909. Address per 1935 Arizona State Medical Directory: Veterans Administration, Tucson.
Members of the PCMS 1904-1930
See History of Arizona medicine; collections of Orville Harry Brown, M.D. [AHSL Special Collections WZ 70 AA7 H673].

Judith Williams. Plaza of Pioneers. Tucson Museum of Art, 1982, page 131: “Leon Fred Levy”
Member of Founders for Arizona Medical Education (FAME) which helped found the UA College of Medicine. Spearheaded the fundraising campaign for the first Arizona Cancer Center building, the “Leon F. Levy” building.

Mentioned in the 1954-04-08-19 Minutes of the Pima County Medical Society, 1904-1954: "Mr. A.J. Lewis, Manager, Nash Realty Company, San Manuel, Arizona"

Arizona Medical Board record: Benton O. Lewis MD; license issued: 01/06/1926 (#997); medical school: UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS; graduation date: 06/08/1925.
See History of Arizona medicine; collections of Orville Harry Brown, M.D. [AHSL Special Collections WZ 70 AA7 H673].

1937-02-09 Minutes of the Pima County Medical Society, 1904-1954: “...paper by Dr. Bransford Lewis of St. Louis on ‘Nephropexy’...”
See History of Arizona medicine; collections of Orville Harry Brown, M.D. [AHSL Special Collections WZ 70 AA7 H673].

Mentioned in the 5/10/1938 Minutes of the Pima County Medical Society, 1904-1954. Arizona Medical Board record: Donald B. Lewis MD; license date: 4/7/1937; medical school: UNIV OF LOUISVILLE SCH OF MED; graduation date: 06/07/1953; area of interest: diagnostic radiology.
[Is this the “Don Lewis” mentioned in the November & December, 1984 issues of Sombrero, Pima County Medical Society (Tucson, Arizona)?]
See History of Arizona medicine; collections of Orville Harry Brown, M.D. [AHSL Special Collections WZ 70 AA7 H673].

Resident at St. Mary’s Hospital for 1950. Mentioned in the 194-12-12-02 Minutes of the Pima County Medical Society, 1904-1954. Arizona Medical Board record: George N. Lewis MD; license date: 5/3/1948; medical school: LOYOLA UNIV OF CHICAGO STRITCH SCH OF MED, Maywood, Illinois; graduation date: 07/07/1945.