Francis S. Mathews

Frank Stuart Mathews was one of our ablest surgeons; a man, furthermore, of quiet charm and dignity. It was as interne at Roosevelt Hospital that he developed his surgical skill. Later, as surgeon at St. Luke’s, he established a reputation both for judgment and technique of his operations. He was a Fellow of the American Surgical Society, of the American College of Surgeons and of other similar organizations, as well as consulting surgeon to institutions in and near New York. In I923 his alma mater, Washington and Jefferson, conferred on him the degree of Doctor of Laws—not very commonly awarded to the medical fraternity. Outside of his profession, Dr. Mathews particularly enjoyed study of natural history, of American colonial history and of ornithology. One of his hospital associates remarked of Dr. Mathews that his patients loved him because of his humanity, kindliness and devotion to their interests; that his professional success depended “not one iota on pushing aggressiveness, but that, on the contrary, he was modest and retiring.[”] The hospital appointments and honors which came to him were offered in honest recognition of his services.

Alexander Dana Noyes
1937 Century Association Yearbook