Background
Legge, Robert Thomas was born on July 16, 1872 in San Francisco, California, United States. Son of Robert and Anna (Stelljes) Legge.
Legge, Robert Thomas was born on July 16, 1872 in San Francisco, California, United States. Son of Robert and Anna (Stelljes) Legge.
Graduate in Pharmacy, University of California, 1891, Doctor of Medicine 1899. Diploma, University of Vienna, 1924.
Interne Saint Luke’s Hospital, San Francisco, 1899. Chief surgeon McCloud River Railroad and Hospital, 1900-1914. Professor hygiene and university physician, University of California, 1915-1942, emeritus.
Lecturer on industrial medicine, University of California Medical School.
Specialist in industrial hygiene and surgery. Director of Ernest V. Cowell Memorial Hospital, University of California, retired Was captain Medical corpus, United States army, 1917-1918.
Lieutenant colonel Medical O.R.C.
Member Alameda County Institutions Commission. Member permanent International Committee on Industrial Medicine. Member advisory council California State Board Vocational Education (rehabilitation).
Past president Western Association of Industrial Physicians and Surgeons.
Diplomate American Board Public Health and Preventive Medicine. Fellow American College Surgeons.
Member of the American Medical Association, American Association for the Advancement of Science, American College Health Association (Pacific director), Academy Occupational Medical (honorary), Pan American Medical Association (emeritus), California Heart Association, California Council Agencies for Handicapped, California Academy Medical California State Medical Society, Alameda Company Medical Association, Sigma Xi, Delta Omega, Alpha Kappa Lambda, Nu Sigma Nu, Ramazzini Society, Scabbard and Blade. Member American Industrial Physicians, American Association University Professors.
Mason (Knight of the Order of the Thistle).; Clubs: Faculty, City Commons (Berkeley).
Married Rene Farjeon, November 23, 1903. Children: Robert Farjeon, Margery Ann, Herbert William.