Irving Hotchkiss Pardee (January 26, 1892 – April 10, 1949) was an American neurologist.[1]

Irving H. Pardee
Born
Irving Hotchkiss Pardee

(1892-01-26)January 26, 1892
DiedApril 10, 1949(1949-04-10) (aged 57)
EducationColumbia College
Columbia Medical School
OccupationNeurologist
Spouses
Margaret E. Trevor
(m. 1917, divorced)
(m. 1946)
Children3
RelativesHarold E. B. Pardee (brother)
Medical career
InstitutionsSt. Luke's Hospital
New York Neurological Institute
Columbia Medical School

Biography

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Pardee came from a long line of physicians. He was born to Dr. Ensign Bennet Pardee on January 26, 1892, and his brother was the cardiologist Harold E. B. Pardee. His granduncle Charles Inslee Pardee was dean of the New York Medical College.[2][3] He was also a descendant of William Brewster and William Bradford of the Plymouth Colony.[2]

Pardee received his A.B. from Columbia College in 1912 and M.D. from the Columbia University College of Physicians & Surgeons in 1915.[4][5] He interned at the St. Luke's Hospital, then the Neurological Institute of New York.[1]

During World War I, Pardee entered the United States Medical Corps as a first lieutenant. Upon returning to the United States, Pardee carried out research in neurology and endocrinology and served in thee endocrine clinic at the Neurological Institute for a number of years and served as chief of clinic.[1][6] He was also attending neurologist at St. Luke's and secretary of the hospital's medical board.[7]

He helped found the Association for Research in Nervous and Mental Disease, of which he was vice president, and was also a member and vice president of the American Neurological Association in 1942.[1] He was also president of the New York Neurological Society.[7]

Pardee later became professor of neurology and executive officer of the department of neurology at Columbia University.[8]

Personal life

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Pardee married Margaret E. Trevor, daughter of sportsman Henry Graff Trevor, a founder the Shinnecock Hills Golf Club. She was also a granddaughter of businessman John Bond Trevor,[2] a great-granddaughter of Congressman Isaac C. Delaplaine,[9] as well as niece of John B. Trevor Sr. and grand-niece of Lispenard Stewart.[10] The couple had three children before divorcing.[1] One of his daughters was Peggy Bates, a Monterey, California-based philanthropist who was married to Dr. Talcott Bates, a grandson of James Talcott and descendant of John Talcott and Thomas Hooker, founder of the Connecticut Colony.[11][12][13][14]

Pardee then married Abby Rockefeller, daughter of John D. Rockefeller Jr. and granddaughter of the John D. Rockefeller, in 1946. They remained married until his death of leukemia on April 10, 1949.[7][15]

He was a member of the Union Club of the City of New York and the Piping Rock Club.[7]

References

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  1. ^ a b c d e "IRVING HOTCHKISS PARDEE, M.D. 1892–1949". Archives of Neurology & Psychiatry. 63 (1): 145–146. January 1, 1950. doi:10.1001/archneurpsyc.1950.02310190151015. ISSN 0096-6754.
  2. ^ a b c "MISS TREVOR ENGAGED.; She Is to Marry Dr. Irving H. Pardee – The Date Not Set". The New York Times. October 26, 1916. Retrieved June 20, 2022.
  3. ^ Association, American Medico-Psychological (1900). Proceedings of the American Medico-Psychological Association Annual Meeting. American Medico-Psychological Association.
  4. ^ Columbia University (1897). Catalogue. Columbia University Libraries. New York.
  5. ^ N.Y.), Columbia College (New York (1921). Catalogue of the Officers and Students of Columbia College, for the Year ... D. Van Nostrand.
  6. ^ PARDEE, IRVING H. (January 10, 1920). "Two Cases of Mongolian Idiocy in the Same Family". Journal of the American Medical Association. 74 (2): 94–95. doi:10.1001/jama.1920.02620020026013. ISSN 0002-9955.
  7. ^ a b c d "DR. IRVING PARDEE, / NEUROLOGIST, 57; Son-in-Law of J. D. Rockefeller Jr. Dies—Served Hospitals Here and in Suburbs". The New York Times. April 11, 1949. Retrieved June 22, 2022.
  8. ^ "Irving H. Pardee". Columbia University Irving Medical Center. Retrieved June 22, 2022.
  9. ^ "HENRY GRAFF TREVOR, NEW YORK SPORTSMAN; Son of Financier and a Founder of Shinnecock Hills Golf Club Is Dead at 72". The New York Times. October 21, 1937. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved June 22, 2022.
  10. ^ "Glenview's First Family". Hudson River Museum. Retrieved June 22, 2022.
  11. ^ "Philanthropist Peggy Bates dies". The Monterey County Herald. September 16, 2010. Retrieved June 22, 2022.
  12. ^ "Pardee talcott engagement 1938 - Newspapers.com". The Brooklyn Daily Eagle. March 28, 1938. p. 6. Retrieved June 22, 2022.
  13. ^ "MARGARET PARDEE BRIDE OF PHYSICIAN; Debutante of 1936 Is Married to Dr. Talcott Bates in St. Bartholomew's Here HAS ELEVEN ATTENDANTS Dr. George Paull T. Sargent Officiates-Reception Is Given at River Club Bridesmaids Gowned in Blue Member of Noted Families". The New York Times. October 14, 1938. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved June 22, 2022.
  14. ^ "Peggy Bates among Monterey County philanthropists honored at ceremony". The Monterey County Herald. November 14, 2009. Retrieved June 22, 2022.
  15. ^ "DIMES: Online Collections and Catalog of Rockefeller Archive Center". Rockefeller Archive Center. Retrieved June 22, 2022.