Background
Lyman, David Russell was born on March 8, 1876 in Buffalo. Son of Henry Leslie and Jane Ellen (Newman) Lyman.
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David Russell Lyman
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Graduate Jones U. School, Charlottesville, Virginia. Doctor of Medicine, University Virginia, 1899. Honorary Master of Arts, Yale, 1916.
Honorary Doctor of Science, Wesleyan University, 1942.
Career
Instructor histology, University of Virginia, 1898, in anatomy, 1899. Assistant resident, Johns Hopkins Hospital, 1900-1901, Adirondack Cottage Sanatorium, 1901-1903. Medical superintendent Gaylord Farm Sanatorium, Wallingford, Connecticut, 1903-1953.
Member Connecticut State Health Council, 1929-1947.
Director 1st National Bank, Wallingford. Associate fellow Branford College, Yale University.
Achievements
Membership
Served with American Red Cross, France, 1917-1918. Member of commission for prevention tuberculosis in France, 1917-1918. Member Connecticut State Tuberculosis Commission, 1914-1918.
Member council Henry Phipps Institute of University of Pennsylvania.
Fellow Master of Arts A.; member Connecticut State Medical Society (ex-president), New Haven County Medical Society, (ex-president), American Climatological and Clinical Association (president 1926), American Sanatorium Association (president 1926), National Tuberculosis Association (president 1918. Clubs: Rotary (honorary.
Member), Wallingford Country, New Haven Country, Graduate (president 1947-1949), Inquisitors, Social Science (New Haven).
Connections
Married Virginia Scott Cocke, October 12, 1905. Children: Clara Pollard, Jane Leslie.
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October 15, 1956 (aged 80) -
Resting place
Buried Cedar Hill. Hartford, Connecticut -
Nationality
American