Background
Butler, Ethan Flagg was born on January 4, 1884 in Yonkers, New York, United States. Son of Charles Henry and Marcia (Flagg) Butler.
Butler, Ethan Flagg was born on January 4, 1884 in Yonkers, New York, United States. Son of Charles Henry and Marcia (Flagg) Butler.
Graduate Hotchkiss School, Lakeville, Connecticut, 1902. Bachelor of Arts, Princeton, 1906. Doctor of Medicine Johns Hopkins, 1910.
Reeves; married second, Mistress Edith Halliday. Stepchildren—Gordon Halliday, Florence Halliday. Volunteer assistant Labrador Medical Mission, summers 1908-1910.
Assistant, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota, 1911-1914.
Director American Red Cross (Serbia), 1914-1915. Member Medical Corps United States Army, 1917-1920.
Chief surgical service Polyclinic Hospital, New York City, 1920. Adjunct, assistant attending surgeon 2d surgical division, Bellevue Hospital, 1920-1921.
Assistant attending surgeon New York Skin and Cancer Hospital, 1921-1922.
Associate surgeon Robert Packer Hospital, Sayre, Pennsylvania, 1922-1929. Director chest service Arnto-Ogden Memorial Hospital, Elmira, 1929-1936. Principal thoracic surgeon New York State District Tuberculosis hospitals, 1936-1943.
Consultant surgical Onondaga Sanatorium, 1943-1944.
Madame medical, surgical department Virginia 1947, 54, retired, 1954. Lieutenant colonel retired Diplomate American Board Surgery, Board Thoracic Surgery.
Member Medical Corps United States Army, 1917-1920. American College of Surgeons fellowship Member of the American Medical Association, American Association Thoracic Surgery (secretary 1924-1929, vice president 1930, president 1931, Mayo Alumni, American Broncho-Esophagol. assosiation, New York Society Thoracic Surgery (president 1936).
Club: Princeton (New York).
Married Margaret M. Renshaw, December 18, 1915. Married second, Mistress.