George Harvey Agnew

Background

Agnew, George Harvey was born on July 26, 1895 in Toronto, Ontario. Son of John Henry and Mary (Law) Agnew.

Education

Graduate Humberside Collegiate, Toronto, 1913. Doctor of Medicine, University Toronto, 1918. Post graduate student in New York, Vienna and London, England.

Doctor of Laws, University Saskatchewan, 1955.

Career

Intern Bellvue and Allied Hospitals, New York City, 1919-1921. Practice medicine, Toronto, 1921-1927. Director Department Hospital Service and associate secretary Canadian Medical Association, 1928-1945.

Executive secretary Canadian Hospital Council, now Canadian Hospital Association, 1931-1950.

Editor The Canadian Hospital, 1938-1950. Partner Agnew, Peckham and Associates, hospital consultant, Toronto, 1950-1971.

Professor hospital administration U. Toronto, 1947-1971.

Achievements

• George Harvey Agnew has been listed as a noteworthy hospital consultant, physician by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Served with Canadian Army Medical Corps., World War I. Fellow American College of Physicians, American College Hospital Adminstrs. Member of the American Medical Association, American (president 1938-1939), Ontario (president 1954-1955) hospital associations, American Physicians Art Association (president 1946-1947), Royal Canadian Institute (president 1947-1948), Association University Programs in Hospital Administration (president 1954), American Association Hospital Consultant

(president 1953-1955), Alumni Federation U. Toronto (president 1931-1932). Club: Granite.

Connections

Married Helen Moore Smith October 5, 1921 (died 1959). Married second, Mary Ann Johnson, March 12, 1960. Children: Phyllis Mary (Mistress Russell Baldwin), Arnold Harvey Agnew.

Father:

John Henry Agnew

Mother:

Mary (Law) Agnew

Spouse:

Mary Ann Johnson

Spouse:

Helen Moore Smith October 5

child:

Arnold Harvey Agnew

child:

Phyllis Mary Agnew (Mistress Russell Baldwin)