Ralph Leonidas Byrnes

Background

Byrnes, Ralph Leonidas was born on March 30, 1878 in Walcott, Iowa, United States. Son of Thomas (Doctor of Medicine and Jennie (Allen) B.

Education

Bachelor of Science, State University Iowa, 1902, Master of Science and Doctor of Medicine 1906. Studied Harvard, 1911. Special work in bacteriology, New Haven, 1918, in pulmonary tuberculosis, Yale Army Medical School.

Career

Hospital service, 1906-1908. Practice at Avoca, Iowa, 1908-1910. At Pottenger’s Sanatorium, Monrovia, California, 1910.

Professor bacteriology and pathology U. Utah, director State Board Health and Laboratory, 1911-1915.

Professor pathology, bacteriology and clinical microscopy University of Southern California, 1915-1916. Professor diseases of the chest College Medical Evangelists, Los Angeles, 1919-1923.

Establishment first endocrine and mental hygiene clinic, Belvedere Health Center, Los Angeles County Health Department, 1930. Commissioned 2st Lieutenant Medical Roman Catholic, 1912.

First lieutenant Utah National Guard 1912-1915.

Captain and major various military camps in the United States, 1917-1919. Camp surgeon and president Board Tuberculosis Examiners, 1917-1919. Returned to private practice, 1919.

Diplomate American Board Internal Medicine.

Achievements

• Ralph Leonidas Byrnes has been listed as a noteworthy physician by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Member American Medical Association, California, Los Angeles County medical societies, American Public Health Association, A.C.P, Los Angeles Academy Criminology (director and Chairman of Commission, 1924), Sons of the American Revolution, American Legion (chairman and director Service Bureau, since 1928, commander Allied Post 302, 1927. Mason ( Knights Templar, Shriner). Clubs: Los Angeles Athletic, American Legion Luncheon.

Optimist (Board of Governors).

Connections

Married Edith Whitney Merritt, October 6, 1908.

Father:

Thomas Byrnes

Spouse:

Edith Whitney Merritt