Statewide County HI Archives Biographies.....Morgan, James Albert August 16, 1877 - ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/hi/hifiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: J. Orr jessicanorr@gmail.com November 17, 2011, 4:18 pm Source: The Story of Hawaii and Its Builders. Published by the Honolulu Star Bulletin Ltd., Territory of Hawaii, 1925. Author: Edited by George F. Nellist JAMES ALBERT MORGAN, Physician. Since his arrival in Honolulu in 1913 Dr. James A. Morgan has specialized in ophthalmology and oto-laryngology. He is visiting specialist to the Queen’s and Children’s hospitals, Castle Home, Lunalilo Home, Mid-Pacific Institute and the California Packing Corporation. Before coming to the islands Dr. Morgan was distinguished on the mainland for his work as an eye specialist. He was resident physician at Philadelphia General Hospital from 1910 to 1911, assistant visiting ophthalmologist at the same institution in 1912, assistant ophthalmologist in the Philadelphia Polyclinic from 1912 to 1913, and assistant in ear, nose and throat department of the old Pennsylvania Hospital from 1912 to 1913, besides being engaged in general practice from 1911 until his departure for Hawaii. During the World war Dr. Morgan served as a lieutenant in the Medical Reserve Corps, U. S. Navy, from August, 1918, until May, 1919. He was in charge of the eye, ear, nose and throat department in the United States Naval Hospital, Mare Island, Calif. Prior to that time he served as a lieutenant in the Medical Reserve Corps, United States Army, from 1911 to 1915. Born at Newton Highlands, Mass., on Aug. 16, 1877, Dr. Morgan is the son of Charles Hardy and Eunice (Davis) Morgan. He received his education at the Little Blue School, Farmington, Me.; Allen’s English and Classical School, West Newton, Mass.; Cambridge Latin School, Cambridge, Mass.; Exeter Academy, and received his M.D. degree at Temple University, Philadelphia, in 1910. Dr. Morgan has also contributed to medical journals during his professional career, among the most important being the American Journal of Ophthalmology, The Laryngoscope, and the New York Medical Journal and Record. On Dec. 20, 1911, he married Elsie Edna Johnson at Media, Penn., and they have three children, James Albert, Jr., William Brewster and Andrew Lane Morgan. Dr. Morgan is a Mason, a trustee of the Board of Directors of the Protestant Episcopal Church in the Hawaiian Islands and of the Board of Managers of the Army and Navy Y.M.C.A., a life member of the Queen’s Hospital Corporation, and a member of the University and Oahu Country clubs, American Medical Association, American Academy of Ophthalmology and Oto-Laryngology, Pacific Coast Oto-Ophthalmological Association, American Society for the Advancement of Science, territorial and county medical societies of Hawaii and Honolulu, and the Massachusetts Society of Mayflower Descendants. He is consulting ophthalmologist and oto-laryngologist of the United States Public Health Service. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/hi/statewide/bios/morgan162gbs.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/hifiles/ File size: 3.3 Kb