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ALFRED
JONATHAN DOWNS
DOWNS,
ALFRED JONATHAN, Physician and Surgeon, Los Angeles,
Cal., was born in El Monte, Cal.,
March 7, 1877. Son of Francis E. And Mary J. (Jones)
Downs. Married Mildred E. Lewis, at Los Angeles, Cal.,
Aug. 16, 1904. One child, Francis Harbert
Downs. Dr. Downs is a great grandson of Thomas Jones, granted land where
Nashville, Tennessee, stands, for gallantry in
Revolutionary War.
Dr.
Downs received his education in leading public and private institutions of Cal. and New
York City. Began medical studies,
1897, in Univ. of
Sou. Cal. Med. Colg.
Graduated, 1901, with M.D., from Jefferson Med. Colg., Phila.,
Pa. Interne, Kings
County Hospital,
Brooklyn, N.Y.,
over 18 months.
Began practice, Los
Angeles, 1902; associated with Dr. Milbank Johnson
five years; District Surgeon, Edison Electric Co., 1902-07; District Surgeon,
Home Telephone Co., 1906-07. Now Instructor in Gynecology, Med. Dept. Univ. of Sou. Cal., and
author of many papers on subject.
He
is a member, Med. Symposium Soc., Los Angeles County Med. Assn., Med. Soc. of
State of Cal., Amer. Med. Assn., Union League
and City Club, Los Angeles;
Masons, and Native Sons of the Golden West.
Transcribed
11-9-11 Marilyn R. Pankey.
Source: Press
Reference Library, Western Edition Notables of the West, Vol. I, Page 802, International
News Service, New York, Chicago, San Francisco, Los Angeles, Boston,
Atlanta. 1913.
© 2011 Marilyn R. Pankey.
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