Arthur Hanson Hawkins

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. Dr. Arthur Hanson HAWKINS was born on 27 Dec 1868 in LaPlata, Charles Co., Maryland. He died on 9 Jun 1952 in Cumberland, Allegany Co., Maryland. Dr. Arthur Hanson Hawkins, 83, dean of Western Maryland surgeons, died today at 4:30 a. m. in Memorial Hospital where he had remained in critical condition since being admitted last Thursday. Dr. Hawkins, who resided on Hill Crest Drive, Baltimore Pike, continued to maintain an office at the hospital the past two years despite failing health. He survived a number of operations and remained fairly active after recovering from a serious illness several years ago. Considered outstanding in his field, Dr. Hawkins held an unrivaled, position in the area. About 1908, he started to specialize in surgery and continued in that field until failing health forced him to curb his activities and become a consultant at operations. Dr. Hawkins was born December 27, 1868, in LaPlata, Charles county, a son of the late Samuel and Jane (Robertson) Hawkins, both of old Maryland families. He attended public schools and later received private instruction.
Came Here In 1901
Subsequently, he went to the College of Physicians and Surgeons, Baltimore, where he was graduated in 1898. Dr. Hawkins was resident student at Mercy Hospital in Baltimore from 1894 to 1895, and graduate resident at Bayview Hospital from 1895 to 1896. He served at Spring Grove Hospital, Catonsvllle, in 1897 and 1898. Preparatory to a change in location, Dr. Hawkins spent several months in hospital post-graduate study, pursuing special courses at Johns Hopkins, the University of Maryland and the Physicians and Surgeons Hospitals, Baltimore. His interests were surgery and pathology. Dr. Hawkins began his general practice at Mount Savage in 1899. He moved to Cumberland in 1901 and later became chief surgeon of the old Western Maryland Hospital, chief of staff at Memorial Hospital, consultant surgeon at Allegany Hospital here, Miners Hospital at Frostburg, Hazel McGilvey Hospital in Meyersdale and Bedford County Hospital. He also was chief of the tumor clinic at Memorial. Studied In Europe
Seeking additional education, Dr. Hawkins studied in Chicago under Dr. John B. Murphy from 1907 to 1908, at Mayo Clinic in 1909, at Orlle Clinic from 1911 to 1912, and in Berlin, Germany, under Professor Pick, surgical pathologist, in 1913. Dr. Hawkins performed special work in surgery in Berlin, London and Edinburgh in Europe, and in many of the leading hospitals throughout the United States. He was Fellow of the American College of Surgeons since 1914 and Fellow of the Academy-International of Medicine and Surgery. During World Wars I and II, he served as chairman and surgeon of the Selective Service Medical Advisory Board. He also was chairman
of the Army Examining Board at Memorial Hospital. One of the founders of the Dime Savings Bank which merged with the Liberty Trust Company, Dr. Hawkins was a past president of the Allegany-Garrett County Medical Society, the Medical and Chirurgical Faculty of Maryland and the Cumberland Rotary Club. He held membership in the American Medical Association, Southern Medical Association, Sigma Alpha Episolon and the famous University Club of Baltimore. For many years he served on the board of directors of the Cumberland Country Club, Salvation Army, Central YMCA and Rotary Club and was a member of the Credentials Committee of the American College of Surgeons.
Ardent Hunter
Dr. Hawkins was an ardent sportsman in the field of hunting and the organizer of "The Duck Busters," which holds annual dinners here. He continued to make annual duck hunting trips to Arkansas in recent years despite his poor health. Dr. Hawkins, a Democrat of the old Jefferson school, also was a member of Salem Chapter 18, Royal Arch Masons; Potomac Lodge 100, AF and AM; Antioch Commandery 6, Knights Templar; Cumberland Consistory 32; Ali Ghan Temple, AAONMS; McKinley Chapter 12, Order of Eastern Star; Ali Ghan Shrine Country Club, Diesel Club, Cumberland Lodge 63, BPO Elks, and Emmanuel Episcopal Church. He was a 32nd degree Mason. In 1903 he married the former Louise Brokenborough Price, of Virginia, who resides in Baltimore. Surviving children are Mrs. Gervas McElderry Storrs, Baltimore, and Arthur Hanson Hawkins, Jr., New York. He is also survived by his second wife Mrs. Lou Finzel Hawkins. Services will be conducted Wednesday at 2 p. m. at Emmanuel Episcopal Church with Rev. H. M. Richardson, rector, officiating. Burial will be in Hillcrest Cemetery. The body will remain at Stein's Funeral Home until the hour of services. The Cumberland Evening Times, June 9, 1952

Family/Spouse: Lulu Finzel. Lulu (daughter of Henry Finzel and Sarah Catherine McKenzie) was born in 1885 in Finzel, Garett County, Maryland; died on 12 Jun 1971 in Camp Hill, Cumberland County, Pennsylvania. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Roy Hawkins died in UNKNOWN.

Samuel + Jane Robertson. Jane died in UNKNOWN. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]