Arthur C. Logan

Arthur C. Logan (c. 1905-1973)[1] was a surgeon. The year after he died, the 1862-founded Knickerbocker Hospital was renamed in his memory;[2][3] he had been a member of New York City's Health and Hospitals Corporation and was also described as a civic leader.[4] In 1970, he was honored, with attendees including the Governor, a future governor, an ambassador, and many (other) bold name attendees.[5]

Family
Main article: Logan_family_(historical) ยง Descendants

Logan was a descendant of the Logan family, known for valuing "education and decorum as a way to transcend racial restrictions."[6] He was the youngest of nine children. The Tuskegee-born Arthur C. Logan was educated at a private school in New York City. He graduated from Williams College[1] and became a surgeon in New York City. He also served as personal physician to musician and composer Duke Ellington from 1937,[7] and to Billy Strayhorn. Strayhorn's composition "U.M.M.G. (Upper Manhattan Medical Group)" honored Logan among the founders and partners of the ground-breaking clinic. Logan was appointed by Mayor Robert F. Wagner as first chairman of the New York City Council Against Poverty.

Logan and his first wife, Wenonah Bond, a woman of color, had a daughter Adele Logan before their divorce. Adele attended the Ethical Culture Fieldston School in New York, as had her father. Later she earned a doctorate in history and became a professor at George Washington University. As Adele Logan Alexander, she has written extensively on African-American history; through her Logan became a grandfather.

Logan secondly married Marian Bruce (1919- November 25, 1993),[7] a cabaret singer and recording artist.

Logan's son Warren was age 10 at the time of his father's death.[1]

References
  1. >"Dr. Arthur C. Logan Dies; Surgeon and Civic Leader". The New York Times. November 26, 1973.
  2. "Knickerbocker Now A.C. Logan Hospital". The New York Times. February 5, 1974.
  3. Judith Cummings (April 14, 1978). "Harlem's Logan Hospital Struggles On". The New York Times.
  4. C. Gerald Fraser (December 4, 1971). "Knickerbocker Hospital Says Debts May Force It to Close". The New York Times.
  5. "Knickerbocker Hospital Dance to Honor Physician". The New York Times. April 23, 1970.
  6. Kent Anderson Leslie, "Introduction", Woman of Color, Daughter of Privilege, Amanda America Dickson, 1849-1893, University of Georgia Press, 1996, p. 18
  7. GoogleBooks excerpt from Composer's voices from Ives to Ellington: an Oral History of American Music, p. 404, Vivian Perlis & Libby Van Cleve, 2005, Yale Univ. Press.
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