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Holmes Condict Jackson

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Holmes Condict Jackson

Birth
New York, USA
Death
25 Oct 1927 (aged 52)
New York County, New York, USA
Burial
Oak Ridge, Passaic County, New Jersey, USA Add to Map
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Holmes Condict Jackson, Ph.B. 1896.

Born February 18, 1875, in New York City
Died October 25, 1927, m New York City.

Father, William Holmes Jackson, an importer; son of James and Grace (Holmes) Jackson; of the same family as President Andrew Jackson; ancestors lived in the north of Ireland.

Mother, Jane Eliza (Freeman) Jackson; daughter of Peter and Phebe (Condict) Freeman.

Prepared for college with a tutor in Newark, N. J. Honors Senior year; member Freshman Glee Club, Second Glee Club Junior year, University Glee Club Senior year, Theta Delta Chi, and Sigma Xi. Did graduate work at Yale 1896-1900 (also served as an assistant in biology 1896-98 and in physiological chemistry 1898-1900) and received degree of Ph D in 1899, continued his studies under Kromaker and Asher at Berne and worked with Hofmeister in Strassburg 1900-01; instructor in physiological chemistry at University and Bellevue Hospital Medical School 1901-03 and assistant professor 1903-05; during next four years connected with Albany Medical College as adjunct professor of experimental physiology and physiological chemistry and director of the laboratories; also served as pathological chemist to the Albany Hospital and as consulting physiological chemist to New York State Department of Health 1907-09; had since been professor of physiology at University and Bellevue Hospital Medical College, serving also as assistant dean since 1924; dean of New York University College of Dentistry since 1925; a founder of Society for Experimental Biology and Medicine (secretary 1913-1923 and president 1923-25); president of University and Bellevue Hospital Medical Society 1915-16; food administrator of East Orange, N. J., in 1917; president of Men's Federation of East Orange, an elder of the Munn Avenue Presbyterian Church and superintendent of its Sunday school, and an organizer of East Orange Sunday School Athletic League and president of its first board of governors; president of New York University chapter of Sigma Xi in 1926, largely responsible for the establishment of Alpha Omega Alpha, author: A Manuel of Physiological Chemistry (1902) and Laboratory Exercises in Physiology (1917); contributor to various medical journals; editor of Proceedings of Society for Experimental Biology and Medicine 1913-1923; Fellow of American Association for the Advancement of Science and of the Harvey Society of New York (charter member); member Association of Pathologists and Bacteriologists, American Physiological Society, Society of American Biological Chemists, New York Society of Physiological Chemists, American Dental Society, and of dental advisory board of Commission of Health of New York City; associate member New York Academy of Medicine, Biological Chemists, Society of American Naturalists, and New York Academy of Dentists

Married December 18, 1901, in Newark, N. J., Mary Abigail, daughter of Joshua Ware Read (M D New York University 1867) and Phebe Ellena (Mead) Read

Children: Kathleen Condict (B.A Vassar 1924, M.A. Stanford 1926);
Audrey Read, Smith College 1929; and Enid Freeman.

Death occurred at the Harbor Hospital, New York City, after an illness of many months Buried in Old Family Plot, Oak Ridge, N. J.

Survived by wife, three daughters, and mother

http://mssa.library.yale.edu/obituary_record/1925_1952/1927-28.pdf
Holmes Condict Jackson, Ph.B. 1896.

Born February 18, 1875, in New York City
Died October 25, 1927, m New York City.

Father, William Holmes Jackson, an importer; son of James and Grace (Holmes) Jackson; of the same family as President Andrew Jackson; ancestors lived in the north of Ireland.

Mother, Jane Eliza (Freeman) Jackson; daughter of Peter and Phebe (Condict) Freeman.

Prepared for college with a tutor in Newark, N. J. Honors Senior year; member Freshman Glee Club, Second Glee Club Junior year, University Glee Club Senior year, Theta Delta Chi, and Sigma Xi. Did graduate work at Yale 1896-1900 (also served as an assistant in biology 1896-98 and in physiological chemistry 1898-1900) and received degree of Ph D in 1899, continued his studies under Kromaker and Asher at Berne and worked with Hofmeister in Strassburg 1900-01; instructor in physiological chemistry at University and Bellevue Hospital Medical School 1901-03 and assistant professor 1903-05; during next four years connected with Albany Medical College as adjunct professor of experimental physiology and physiological chemistry and director of the laboratories; also served as pathological chemist to the Albany Hospital and as consulting physiological chemist to New York State Department of Health 1907-09; had since been professor of physiology at University and Bellevue Hospital Medical College, serving also as assistant dean since 1924; dean of New York University College of Dentistry since 1925; a founder of Society for Experimental Biology and Medicine (secretary 1913-1923 and president 1923-25); president of University and Bellevue Hospital Medical Society 1915-16; food administrator of East Orange, N. J., in 1917; president of Men's Federation of East Orange, an elder of the Munn Avenue Presbyterian Church and superintendent of its Sunday school, and an organizer of East Orange Sunday School Athletic League and president of its first board of governors; president of New York University chapter of Sigma Xi in 1926, largely responsible for the establishment of Alpha Omega Alpha, author: A Manuel of Physiological Chemistry (1902) and Laboratory Exercises in Physiology (1917); contributor to various medical journals; editor of Proceedings of Society for Experimental Biology and Medicine 1913-1923; Fellow of American Association for the Advancement of Science and of the Harvey Society of New York (charter member); member Association of Pathologists and Bacteriologists, American Physiological Society, Society of American Biological Chemists, New York Society of Physiological Chemists, American Dental Society, and of dental advisory board of Commission of Health of New York City; associate member New York Academy of Medicine, Biological Chemists, Society of American Naturalists, and New York Academy of Dentists

Married December 18, 1901, in Newark, N. J., Mary Abigail, daughter of Joshua Ware Read (M D New York University 1867) and Phebe Ellena (Mead) Read

Children: Kathleen Condict (B.A Vassar 1924, M.A. Stanford 1926);
Audrey Read, Smith College 1929; and Enid Freeman.

Death occurred at the Harbor Hospital, New York City, after an illness of many months Buried in Old Family Plot, Oak Ridge, N. J.

Survived by wife, three daughters, and mother

http://mssa.library.yale.edu/obituary_record/1925_1952/1927-28.pdf


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