Edgar Hull Jr. (February 20, 1904 – October 25, 1984), was a Louisiana physician.[1] He was part of the founding faculty of the Louisiana State University Medical Center in New Orleans, and later served as Dean of the Louisiana State University School of Medicine at Shreveport (now the LSU Health Sciences Center Shreveport).[1]
Edgar Hull Jr. | |
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| Born | February 20, 1904 |
| Died | October 25, 1984 (aged 80) Pascagoula, Mississippi, USA |
| Alma mater | Louisiana State University Tulane University School of Medicine |
| Occupation(s) | Medical doctor; Hospital administrator |
| Years active | 1927-1973 |
| Known for | Louisiana State University Medical Center in New Orleans (1931) and Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center Shreveport (1966) |
| Notable work | LSU Medical Centers in New Orleans and Shreveport Touro Infirmary Southern Baptist Hospital, New Orleans |
| Spouse | (1) Louise Parham Hull (married 1930-1937, her death) (2) Mallory Page Hull (married 1937) |
| Children | One son, one daughter |
Hull died in Pascagoula, Mississippi, at the age of eighty, and was interred at Greenwood Cemetery in New Orleans.[1][2]
References edit
- ^ a b c "Hull, Edgar". A Dictionary of Louisiana Biography. Louisiana Historical Association. Archived from the original on February 25, 2010. Retrieved February 1, 2011.
- ^ A Dictionary of Louisiana Biography bases its sketch of Dr. Hull on his memoirs; Directory of Medical Specialists, XIII (1968-1969); Louisiana's Family Doctor, XIII (1966), 18-21; American Men and Women of Science, 13th ed., III (1976); New Orleans Times-Picayune, obituary, October 27, 1984; and Orleans Parish Medical Society Bulletin, (December 1984). Hull's public comments on Long's death were carried in L.S.U. Medical Alumni News (Fall 1983); the Times-Picayune carried a report on Hull, December 20, 1983; the Associated Press followed suit on December 21, 1983, with a Shreveport dateline.
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