Member Directory,
1847 - 1922
Newton M. Shaffer
Orthopedic Surgeon
Centurion, 1889–1928
Proposed by
Henry Codman Potter and George Blagden
Henry Codman Potter and George Blagden
born
February 14, 1846
Kinderhook, New York
Kinderhook, New York
died
January 2, 1928
New York (Manhattan), New York
New York (Manhattan), New York
elected
November 2, 1889
Age forty-three
Age forty-three
buried
Kensico Cemetery,
Valhalla, New York
Valhalla, New York
proposer of
Century Memorial
Newton Melman Shaffer has been described as the first practitioner in America to qualify distinctively as orthopedic surgeon. He was for nearly sixty years a thorough and enlightened student of his branch of surgery, to whose advancement in practical mastery of the problems of the crippled he was a notable contributor.
Alexander Dana Noyes
1928 Century Association Yearbook
