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DR. GUY COCHRAN
COCHRAN, DR. GUY,
Physician and Chief Surgeon of the San Pedro, Los Angeles
and Salt Lake Railroad, Los Angeles, California,
is a native of Illinois, born
September 4, 1873. He is the son of Dr.
William George Cochran and Anna M. (Hunt) Cochran. At San Francisco,
June 7, 1899, he married Miss Alice I. Cowen.
They have two children, Carolyn and Guy Cochran, Jr.
Dr. Cochran,
having moved to Los Angeles in
1880, attended both the public and high schools of that city. He studied at Lawrenceville
Preparatory School, N. J., in 1891; entered Stanford
University, 1892, graduating, 1896, with degree
A. B.; went to College of Physicians
and Surgeons, Columbia University. He received his M. D. in 1900.
Dr. Cochran next
became resident surgeon at the Bellevue Hospital, New York, two years. During that time he was assistant
demonstrator of anatomy in the College
of Physicians and Surgeons. At the end
of that period he took a year’s work at the St. Mary’s Children’s hospital, New
York, as interne, June, 1903. He then spent several months abroad at
medical clinics, returning to America
and Los Angeles in 1903.
He was appointed
assistant chief surgeon of the San Pedro, Los Angeles
and Salt Lake Railroad, and two years later chief surgeon. He is chief surgeon of the Pacific Telephone
Company and of the Los Angeles
division of the Standard Oil Company.
Between 1902 and
1903 he was assistant in physiology for the College
of Physicians and Surgeons.
He is a member of
the American Medical Association, the Los Angeles
County and State Medical Society,
the Pathological Society, Symposium Society, Bellevue Alumni Association and
others.
His clubs are the
California, Annandale Country,
Los Angeles Country and Cragg’s Country.
Transcribed 10-16-08
Marilyn R. Pankey.
Source: Press
Reference Library, Western Edition Notables of the West, Vol. I, Page 153,
International News Service, New York, Chicago, San Francisco, Los Angeles,
Boston, Atlanta. 1913.
© 2008 Marilyn R. Pankey.
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