Los Angeles County
Biographies
SUMNER J. QUINT
QUINT, SUMNER J., Physician and Surgeon, Los Angeles, California, was born in Lawrence, Mass., April 28, 1872, the son of Charles A. Quint and Maria (Burroughs) Quint. He married Stella Margaret Wilson at Los Angeles, June 11, 1902, and to them were born two children, George Waldo and Sumner Wilson Quint.
Dr. Quint is descended from an old New England family, the first member in America having been Elder William Wentworth, who came over the sea from England early in the seventeenth century. Other ancestors of Dr. Quint included Captain Moses butler, who commanded a Company at the capture of Louisburg, and the latter’s son, Chas. Butler who served in the Revolutionary War.
Dr. Sumner J. Quint, who is one of the able surgeons of southern California, received his early education in the high school of Sanford, Me., Y. M. C. A. Night school, Portsmouth, N. H., and New Hampshire Conference Seminary (1893 to 1895). Moving to Pomona, Cal., in 1895, he entered Pomona College, and in 1896 went to the College of Medicine of the University of Southern California. He was graduated with the degree of M. D. in 1899. His preceptors were Drs. Norman Bridge and George L. Cole, two noted physicians of Los Angeles. During his career at college, Dr. Quint was one of the notable leaders of his class, both in fellowship and scholarship.
Following his graduation, Dr. Quint became an interne in the California Hospital of Los Angeles, remaining until 1900, when he became attached to the U. S. Marine Hospital. In 1901 he was appointed Assistant Health Officer of Los Angeles, retaining this office until 1905.
Dr. Quint was chosen Junior Chief Police Surgeon of Los Angeles in 1905, succeeding shortly to the post of Senior Chief Police Surgeon. In this capacity he made a remarkable record, his administration being particularly distinguished for the advancement in methods of handling municipal cases. He conceived the idea of detaching the Receiving Hospital, as the Los Angeles municipal institution is known, from the city police station and through his influence a separate building was erected, a modern structure with modern equipment. He had much to do with planning the hospital and is credited generally as having given to the city one of its most valuable municipal assets.
Dr. Quint, although he had worked hard to procure the new hospital, did not remain with the city service long enough to see his ideas fully carried out, but left the post of Chief Police Surgeon in 1910, after about five years of successful work, to become Chief Surgeon of the French Hospital of Los Angeles, in which capacity he still serves (1913). He has also acted during this period as Medical Examiner for the Provident Savings Life Assurance Company of New York and the Occidental Life Insurance Company of California.
During the last two years of his career at the University of Southern California Medical College, Dr. Quint was Official Druggist of the institution and in 1901, was appointed Instructor in Materia Medica at the University, resigning this in 1907 to take the post of instructor in Surgery. The Medical College of the University of Southern California has since become a part of the State University, known as the University of California, and Dr. Quint, who has probably had more experience in general surgery than any other surgeon of his age in the State of California, is regarded as one of the valuable members of the faculty.
Dr. Quint has written many articles on surgery for the Los Angeles County Medical Society and his opinion on all matters pertaining to this branch of medical practice is highly respected by the surgeons of his State.
While at College, Dr. Quint became a member of Nu Sigma Nu and Theta Nu Epsilon, Green Letter societies and has since that time taken an active interest in fraternal affairs, being a member also of the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks, Royal Arch Masons, (Thirty Second Degree), the Mystic Shrine and the Fraternal Champions, of which he is Supreme Medical Director.
He is a charter member of the Los Angeles Clinical and Pathological Society, and holds membership in the American Medical Association, Los Angeles County Medical Association, Medical Society of the State of California and the Alumni Association of the University of Southern California.
Dr. Quint is a great lover of outdoor sports, doing active work in his college days on the baseball and football teams, and now spends considerable time playing golf. He is also a member of the Automobile Club of Southern California and of the American Automobile Association, and takes great pleasure in driving his six-cylinder, 48 horsepower Franklin around Southern California. He has been Chief Surgeon at many of the automobile races, and Chief Surgeon for the aviation meets at Los Angeles. He is also connected with the Red Cross Society, and numerous organizations of a charitable nature.
Dr. Quint enjoys a personal popularity within and without the confines of the medical fraternity. His clubs include the University, Union League, Knickerbocker and Pomona College, also the San Gabriel Country Club.
Transcribed 5-12-09
Marilyn R. Pankey.
Source: Press
Reference Library, Western Edition Notables of the West, Vol. I, Page 271,
International News Service, New York, Chicago, San Francisco, Los Angeles,
Boston, Atlanta. 1913.
© 2009 Marilyn R. Pankey.
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