Arthur Freeborn Chace

Background

Chace, Arthur Freeborn was born on May 13, 1879 in Warren, Rhode Island, United States. Son of Charles Anthony and Adeline Francis (Slade) Chace.

Education

Bachelor of Science, Earlham College, Richmond, Indiana, 1897. Bachelor of Arts, Harvard, 1899. Master of Arts, Doctor of Medicine Columbia, 1903.

Honorary Doctor of Science, Earlham College, 1946.

Career

3 sons-Arthur F., Junior, James Fletcher, Charles Anthony. Practiced at New York City after 1903. Professor medicine, New York Post-Graduate Medical School (Columbia), 1912-1938.

President New York Academy Medicine, 1942-1944 (trustee), New York Post-Graduate Medical school and Hospital, 1930-1944.

Major Medical Corps. United States Army. Chief medical service, Base Hospital, Camp Dix, World War 1.

Trustee Paul Smith’s College Arts and Sciences. Trustee Byrn Mawr College, 1914-1939.

Achievements

• Arthur Freeborn Chace has been listed as a noteworthy physician by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Member, American Medical Association, New York County Medical Society (president 1923), American Gastro-Enterol. Association (president 1924-1925), Harvey Society, Society Experimental Biology and Medicine, Societe Internationale de Gasto-Enterologie. Member Society of Friends.

Clubs: University, Saint Regis Yacht.

Connections

Married Kathleen Stirling Fletcher, November 2, 1911.

Father:

Charles Anthony Chace

Mother:

Adeline Francis (Slade) Chace

Spouse:

Kathleen Stirling Fletcher