Background
Griffin, Mark Alexander was born on August 26, 1883 in Wingate, North Carolina, United States. Son of William Powell and Susannah Ellen (Hamilton) Griffin.
Griffin, Mark Alexander was born on August 26, 1883 in Wingate, North Carolina, United States. Son of William Powell and Susannah Ellen (Hamilton) Griffin.
Student of University of North Carolina, 1911-1914. Doctor of Medicine Jefferson Medical College, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 1917.
Member staff Eastern State Hospital for Nervous and Mental Diseases, Morgantown, North Carolina, 1917-1920. President and medical director Applachian Hall, Asheville, North Carolina, 1920-1968. President Asheville Holding Company.
Member staff Eastern State Hospital for Nervous and Mental Diseases, Morgantown, North Carolina, 1917-1920. Member of Medical Advisory Board, 4th North Carolina District, World War. Fellow American College Physicians.
Member of the American Medical Association, State Medical Society of North Carolina, Southern Medical Association, Tri-State Medical Association, American Psychiatric Association, Buncombe County Medical Society, North Carolina Neuro-Psychiatric Association, Neuro-Psychiatric Association (past president).
Mason (Shriner); member Rotary International Asheville North Carolina.
Married Penelope Clary Brothers, October 8, 1919. Children: Mark Alexander, Richard Hamilton, James Arthur.