Background
Howard, Harvey James was born on January 30, 1880 in Churchville, New York, United States. Son of Charles William and Mary Jessie (Williamson) Howard.
Howard, Harvey James was born on January 30, 1880 in Churchville, New York, United States. Son of Charles William and Mary Jessie (Williamson) Howard.
Bachelor of Arts, University of Michigan, 1904. Doctor of Medicine, University Pennsylvania, 1908, Master of Arts, Harvard, 1917. Oph.D., U. Colorado, 1918.
Resident physician Bryn Mawr Hospital, 1908. Resident ophthalmic surgeon New York Eye and Ear Infirmary, 1909, 10. Head department ophthalmology U. Medical School, Canton, China, 1910-1913.
Ophthalmologist Canton Christian College, 1912-1915.
Ophthalmic surgeon Canton Hospital, 1912-1915. Fellow China Medical Board of Rockefeller Foundation at Harvard, 1916-1918, at Vienna University, 1923-1924.
Ophthalmic assistant Harvard Post-Graduate Medical School, and Massachusetts Charitable Eye and Ear Infirmary, 1917-1918. Professor, head of department ophthalmology, Peking Union Medical College, 1918-1927.
Medical adviser to Department aeronautics, Chinese Government, 1920-1923.
Ophthalmologist to boy emperor of China, 1921-1923. Professor ophthalmology Washington University School Medicine, 1927-1933. Medical director Missouri Committee for the Blind, 1931-1948.
Certificate of America Board of Ophthalmic Examiners.
Captain Medical Corps, United States Army, at Hazelhurst Field, Mineola, New York, 1918-1919. Colonel Medical Roman Catholic, 1941.
Devised depth perception test for aviators for United States Army, Navy and Department of Commerce.
American College of Surgeons fellow and chairman China branch of the College, 1926-1928. Member of the American Medical Association, American Ophthalmological Society, American Academy Ophthalmology and Otolaryngology, China Medical Association, Southern Medical Association, Missouri, Saint Louis medical societies, Alpha Omega Alpha, Nu Sigma Nu, Alpha Tau Omega, Acacia, Saint Louis Writers’ Guild (president 1937), Society of Saint Louis. Mason (32°).
Married Maude Irene Strobel, June 25, 1910 (died May 3, 1948). Married second, Alice Tilson Eastes, August 24, 1948. Children: Margaret Strobel (Jackson), James Howell, Martha Williamson Blake.