Background
Beach, Sylvester Judd was born on April 7, 1879 in Dedham, Massachusetts, United States. Son of Seth Curtis and Frances Hall (Judd) Beach.
Beach, Sylvester Judd was born on April 7, 1879 in Dedham, Massachusetts, United States. Son of Seth Curtis and Frances Hall (Judd) Beach.
Graduate Phillips Exeter Academy, 1897. Bachelor of Arts, Harvard College, 1901, M Doctorate., Harvard University, 1905.
Surgical house officer, Boston City Hospital, 1904-1906. House physician, Boston Lying-In Hospital, 1906, (acting) Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary, 1907. Practiced in Augusta, Maine, special practice, 1909.
Member of staff Augusta General Hospital, Gardner General Hospital.
Special practice. Portland, since 1920. Consulting ophthalmic surgeon Maine Eye and Ear Infirmary (president staff 1946-1948).
Member of staff local hospitals. Guest lecturer graduate courses George Washington, Florida, Virginia and Rochester universities.
Member of council State Department of Health, 1916-1924.
Oculist Medical Advisory Board. World War. 1916-1918. Ex-president Wayneflete School.
Secretary American Board Ophthalmology. vice president Foundation for Vision.
Member of executive committee, Ophthalmological Study Council.
Member of staff Augusta General Hospital, Gardner General Hospital. Member of staff local hospitals. Member of council State Department of Health, 1916-1924.
Oculist Medical Advisory Board.
World War. 1916-1918. Ex-president Wayneflete School.
Member of executive committee, Ophthalmological Study Council. Fellow American College Surgeons, American Medical Association (past chairman Ophthalmology section).
Member American Ophthalmol.
Society (member council, president 1944), American Academy Ophthalmology and Otolaryngology (member of council 1930-1935), Society for Research in Ophthalmology (member of commission), Sigma Alpha Epsilon. Mason.; Clubs: Cumberland, Aesculapian (Boston). Member editorial board, Quarterly Review of Ophthalmology.
Lecturer on Refraction.
Married Louise Harris, October 7, 1909. Children: Margaret Judd, Howell Williams (deceased), Edmund Beach.