Member Directory,
1847 - 1922
A. Alexander Smith
Physician
Centurion, 1899–1915
Proposed by
William Lanman Bull and John La Farge
William Lanman Bull and John La Farge
born
March 25, 1847
Wantage, New Jersey
Wantage, New Jersey
died
December 13, 1915
New York (Manhattan), New York
New York (Manhattan), New York
elected
May 6, 1899
Age fifty-two
Age fifty-two
buried
Easton Cemetery,
Easton, Pennsylvania
Easton, Pennsylvania
Century Memorial
A. Alexander Smith, a true-hearted gentleman and an all-round well-equipped general practitioner of medicine, had long been a prominent figure in the best medical societies of our city, and had had a distinguished career as Professor of the Practice of Medicine in Bellevue Hospital, and as a trustee and visiting physician for many other institutions. His was a cheerful, buoyant personality. As a teacher of clinical medicine he was known for the soundness of his doctrine and the clearness of his expositions.
Henry Osborn Taylor
1916 Century Association Yearbook