Member Directory,
1847 - 1922
John Van der Poel
Physician
Centurion, 1890–1920
Proposed by
Henry G. Marquand and Alfred Van Santvoord
Henry G. Marquand and Alfred Van Santvoord
born
February 20, 1858
Albany, New York
Albany, New York
died
February 22, 1920
New York (Manhattan), New York
New York (Manhattan), New York
elected
October 4, 1890
Age thirty-two
Age thirty-two
buried
Albany Rural Cemetery,
Menands, New York
Menands, New York
Archivist’s Notes
Son of S. Oakley Van der Poel; brother of S. Oakley Van der Poel Jr.; nephew of Aaron J. Van der Poel
Century Memorial
Dr. John Van der Poel had achieved high distinction in his branch of medical practice. Always a New Yorker and identified with many New York institutions and clubs, he had studied long at Berlin, Dresden, and Vienna, and in 1915 served with the Army Medical Corps at the Compiègne hospital.
Alexander Dana Noyes
1921 Century Association Yearbook