PREPARED UNDER THE DIRECTION OF THE JOINT COMMITTEE ON PRINTING RO VIMU AIMBOLIAD U. S. Supt. of Documents E748 06705 Address by Mr. Thomas A. Jenkins, of Ohio............... Address by Mr. James P. McGranery, of Pennsylvania__. Benediction by the Chaplain.... Mr. Martin J. Kennedy, of New York.. Mr. Eugene J. Keogh, of New York.. Mr. Matthew J. Merritt, of New York.. Mr. Samuel Dickstein, of New York.... Address by Mr. Arthur H. Vandenberg, of Michigan............. Address by Mr. Walter F. George, of Georgia__ Address by Mr. Pat McCarran, of Nevada_-_- Address by Mr. James J. Davis, of Pennsylvania.. Address by Mr. Peter G. Gerry, of Rhode Island_------ Address by Mr. Theodore G. Bilbo, of Mississippi.. Biography ROYAL SAMUEL COPELAND was born in Dexter, Washtenaw County, Mich., November 7, 1868; attended the public schools and the Michigan State Normal School, Ypsilanti, Mich.; was graduated from the medical department of the University of Michigan at Ann Arbor in 1889; took postgraduate courses in Europe; was house surgeon in the University of Michigan Hospital in 1889 and 1890; practiced medicine in Bay City, Mich., 1890-1895; professor in the medical school of the University of Michigan 1895-1908; during his residence in Ann Arbor, Mich., was mayor 1901–3, president of the park board 1905–6, president of the board of education 1907-8, and a member of the Michigan State tuberculosis board of trustees 1900-1908; moved to New York City in 1908; dean of the New York Flower Hospital and Medical College 1908-18; member of the United States pension examining board in 1917; commissioner of public health and president of the New York Board of Health 1918-23; elected as a Democrat to the United States Senate in 1922; reelected in 1928 and 1934, and served from March 4, 1923, until his death; author of several scientific works, and was nationally known for his writings and radio broadcasts on health problems; unsuccessful candidate for nomination as mayor for New York City in 1937; died in Washington, D. C., June 17, 1938; interment in Mahwah Cemetery, Mahwah, N. J. |