Physician
Centurion, 1907–1936
Born 28 July 1858 in New York (Staten Island), New York
Died 9 July 1936 in New York (Manhattan), New York
Buried Green-Wood Cemetery
, Brooklyn, New York
Proposed by George T. Elliot and Arthur H. Masten
Elected 1 June 1907 at age forty-eight
Archivist’s Note: Son of James Colles
Seconder of:
Century Memorial
During many years, even when incapacitated by illness for professional work, Christopher J. Colles regularly visited the Century at noonday, and occupied the same seat on the east side of the long lunch-table. Every one liked him. In his own quaint way, he would punctuate the conversation with quizzical remarks, always brief and to the point. Colles had behind him a long and varied medical career. His hospital and clinical work was interspersed with service, during twenty-five years, in the National Guard; he was for sixteen years regimental surgeon of the Seventh, and retired with the rank of Lieutenant-Colonel. The Century perhaps knew less of his proficiency at the violin and his assiduous collection of rare prints and old furniture.
Alexander Dana Noyes
1937 Century Association Yearbook
