Arthur C. Logan

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Arthur C. Logan (c. 1905-1973)[1] was a surgeon. The year after he died, the 1862-founded Knickerbocker Hospital was renamed in his memory;[2][3] he had been a member of New York City's Health and Hospitals Corporation and was also described as a civic leader.[4] In 1970, he was honored, with attendees including the Governor, a future governor, an ambassador, and many others.[5]

Family[]

Main article: Logan_family_(historical) § Descendants

Logan was a descendant of the Logan family, known for valuing "education and decorum as a way to transcend racial restrictions."[6] He was the youngest of nine children. The Tuskegee-born Arthur C. Logan was educated at a private school in New York City. He graduated from Williams College[1] and became a surgeon in New York City. He also served as personal physician to musician and composer Duke Ellington from 1937,[7] and to Billy Strayhorn. Strayhorn's composition "U.M.M.G. (Upper Manhattan Medical Group)" honored Logan among the founders and partners of the ground-breaking clinic. Logan was appointed by Mayor Robert F. Wagner as first chairman of the New York City Council Against Poverty.

Logan and his first wife, Wenonah Bond, had a daughter Adele Logan before their divorce. Adele attended the Ethical Culture Fieldston School in New York, as had her father. Later she earned a doctorate in history and became a professor at George Washington University. As Adele Logan Alexander, she has written extensively on African-American history; through her Logan became a grandfather.

Logan's second marriage was to Marian Bruce (1919-1993),[7] a cabaret singer and recording artist.

Logan's son Warren was age 10 at the time of his father's death.[1]

References[]

  1. ^ a b c "Dr. Arthur C. Logan Dies; Surgeon and Civic Leader". The New York Times. November 26, 1973.
  2. ^ "Knickerbocker Now A.C. Logan Hospital". The New York Times. February 5, 1974.
  3. ^ Judith Cummings (April 14, 1978). "Harlem's Logan Hospital Struggles On". The New York Times.
  4. ^ C. Gerald Fraser (December 4, 1971). "Knickerbocker Hospital Says Debts May Force It to Close". The New York Times.
  5. ^ "Knickerbocker Hospital Dance to Honor Physician". The New York Times. April 23, 1970.
  6. ^ Kent Anderson Leslie, "Introduction", Woman of Color, Daughter of Privilege, Amanda America Dickson, 1849-1893, University of Georgia Press, 1996, p. 18
  7. ^ a b GoogleBooks excerpt from Composer's voices from Ives to Ellington: an Oral History of American Music, p. 404, Vivian Perlis & Libby Van Cleve, 2005, Yale Univ. Press.
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