Personal Names in Arizona Medical History

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Warren, Earl

1891-1974. Former California Governor (1943-1953) and Chief Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court (1953-1969). Mentioned in the 1951-12-07-06 Minutes of the Pima County Medical Society, 1904-1954.

Wasson, William J.

Of Phoenix. Mentioned in the 4/9/1940 and 5/14/1940 Minutes of the Pima County Medical Society, 1904-1954: “Mr. Wm. J. Wasson of Phoenix talked on the Hospital Plan for Arizona as laid down by the American Hospital Association …” and “Mr. W.J. Wasson, Secretary-Manager of Associated Hospital Service of Arizona...”

Waters, John W.

Practiced in Pima County around 1879. Interested in forming a county medical society.
Quebbeman, Frances E. Medicine in territorial Arizona. Phoenix : Arizona Historical Foundation, 1966, pages 259-260 [‘Waters”], 377 [“Walters].

Waterson, Rollen W.

Given name appears as “Rollan” in the Minutes of the Pima County Medical Society, 1904-1954.
Executive Secretary of the Alameda County Medical Association. Mentioned in the 1949-12-13-01 minutes.

J Am Med Assoc, Mar 1945; 127: 865: Indiana. Mr. Rollen Waterson, executive secretary of the Lake County Medical Society, Hammond, since 1939, resigned March 12 to accept a similar position with the Alameda County Medical Society, Oakland, Calif.

Watkins, Evelyn Grace

Mentioned in the 2/9/1943 Minutes of the Pima County Medical Society, 1904-1954. Arizona Medical Board record: Evelyn G. Watkins MD; license date: 4/8/1942; medical school: UNIV OF AR COLL OF MED, Little Rock, Arkansas; graduation date: 06/08/1936; area of interest: internal medicine.

JAMA, Mar 1967; 199: 872: Watkins, Evelyn Grace; Tucson, Ariz; Arkansas, 1936; died Nov 25, aged 55, of pulmonary emphysema, pulmonary fibrosis, and pulmonary tuberculosis.

Watkins, H. H.

See also: McClintock, James H. Arizona, Prehistoric, Aboriginal, Pioneer, Modern; the Nation's Youngest Commonwealth within a Land of Ancient Culture. Chicago: The S.J. Clarke Pub. Co., 1916 (aka Arizona, the Youngest State), volume 3 (Biographical), page 609: H.H. Watkins, who in 1883 opened the first drug store in Kingman and has continued in its successful conduct since that time, was born in California in 1858 and is a son of B.F. and Laura (Broughton) Watkins, natives of New York.

Watkins, Isaac Henry

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 377: Vanderbilt, 1890.

Watkins, Thomas

Arizona Medical Board record: Thomas Watkins MD; license number: 364; licensed date: 06/20/1908; license renewed: 06/20/1908; medical school: MEDICAL COLLEGE OF VIRGINIA; graduation date: 05/10/1904; area of interest: general practice
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 377: Medical College of Virginia, 1904.

Watkins, William Warner

1883-1956. Arrived in Arizona about 1907; moved to Phoenix in 1908. ArMA president: 1918 – and as ArMA Secretary in 1941 (see 4/8/1941 minutes)? Founded Pathological Laboratory in 1914; about 1930 still one of four directors including Drs. Harlan P. Mills, Clarence N. Boynton and William J. Horspool. In the 4/14/1942 Minutes of the Pima County Medical Society, 1904-1954 listed as the Secretary of the Arizona Industrial Commission’s Industrial Relations Committee.

Watson, Samuel Humes

Arrived in Arizona about 1911. [Health seeker: TB]. ArMA president: 1929. Dates: 1877-1948. Associated with the Tucson, Arizona, Sanatorium; St. Mary’s Hospital and Sanatorium; Barfield’s Sanatorium; St. Luke’s In-The-Desert; and Anson’s Rest Home. Arizona Medical Board record: Samuel H. Watson MD; license number: 467; license date: 4/25/1912; medical school: RUSH MED COLL OF RUSH UNIV, Chicago, Illinois; graduation date: 05/25/1899.
Middle name sometimes appears as “Hume.”