Lee Masten Francis

Background

Francis, Lee Masten was born on October 8, 1877 in Sabinsville, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of Walter Robert and Ida Elizabeth (Masten) Francis.

Education

Graduate Norwalk (Connecticut) Military Institute, 1894. Bachelor of Philosophy, Cornell Univercity, 1898. Doctor of Medicine Rush Medical College (University of Chicago), 1901.

Post-graduate work, University of Vienna.

Career

Practiced at Buffalo, New York, since 1904. Assistant professor ophthalmology, University of Buffalo. President medical and surgical staff Buffalo General Hospital.

Member American Board for Ophthalmic Examinations.

Head of ophthalmic service, Base Hospital 115, American Expeditionary Force, World War.

Achievements

• Lee Masten Francis has been listed as a noteworthy ophthalmologist by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Fellow American College Surgeons. Member of the American Medical Association, American Academy Ophthalmology and Oto-Laryngology (secretary 1911-1918, president 1919-1920), American Ophthalmological Society, Buffalo Ophthalmological Society (president 1925), International Congress of Ophthalmology (Chairman of Commission on finance), Cornell Alumni Association (ex-president Western New York branch), Zeta Psi, Nu Sigma Nu. Clubs: Saturn, Buffalo Tennis and Squash, Cherry Hill Country.

Connections

Married Ethel Waldron, of Pueblo, Colorado, October 28, 1903. Children: Lee Masten, Ethelwyne.

Father:

Walter Robert Francis

Mother:

Ida Elizabeth (Masten) Francis

Spouse:

Ethel Waldron

child:

Ethelwyne Francis

child:

Lee Masten Francis