Lt. Col. Eugene Hillhouse Pool, MD

Lt. Col. Eugene Hillhouse Pool, MD

https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/191702730/eugene-hillhouse-pool

• Eugene's birth, photograph, and death information are available at https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/191702730/eugene-hillhouse-pool
• Eugene's photograph is used courtesy of Lois, Find A Grave ID 47314197.
• The following write-up is available at the above-mentioned URL:
  • "Physician. Dr. Eugene Hillhouse Pool, thirty-eighth President of The New York Academy of Medicine.
  • "Born June 3, 1874, he was graduated from St. Paul's School, Concord, New Hampshire and entered Harvard in the fall of 1891, receiving his A.B. in 1895. Dr. Pool was graduated in medicine from the College of Physicians and Surgeons, Columbia University, in 1899.
  • "Following a surgical internship at the New York Hospital, 1900-1901, Dr. Pool planned a career in internal medicine. This plan was dramatically altered by an invitation from Dr. William T. Bull to become his associate in an extensive surgical practice. Dr. Bull was one of the master surgeons of his time and probably the first man to confine his work exclusively to surgery.
  • "Then followed seven years of constant association with Dr. Bull, both in practice and in surgical writing. Dr. Pool was an Assistant Demonstrator in Anatomy at the College of Physicians and Surgeons from 1901-1904. He was Attending Surgeon to the French Hospital from 1901-1915 and Consulting Surgeon up to the time of his death. Following an instructorship in surgery at the College of Physicians and Surgeons he became an Associate in Surgery from 1912-1915 and Professor of Clinical Surgery from 1915-1938. In 1907 Dr. Pool became Associate Attending Surgeon to the New York Hospital and eight years later became Attending Surgeon, which position he held until 1932 when the New York Hospital moved uptown to join with the Cornell Medical College to form the Cornell-New York Hospital Medical Center.
  • "Thereafter Dr. Pool became Clinical Professor of Surgery in the Cornell University Medical School and Senior Attending Surgeon to the New York Hospital. Thus, for more than thirty-five years Dr. Pool was intimately connected with the New York Hospital, an association which brought great fame to hospital and surgeon.
  • " As distinguished Chief of the Second Surgical Division of the New York Hospital Dr. Pool was indefatigable in directing one of the greatest surgical services in the country and became known throughout the surgical world as a master surgeon and preeminent teacher.
  • "Ever interested in the problems of the surgical care of patients and in surgical research, he stimulated and was a constant source of inspiration to many students of the art of surgery who have since gone on to their own individual accomplishments and recognition. His surgical service became a model of its kind, attracting many prominent visitors and his conferences and surgical clinics will forever be remembered by all who were so fortunate as to be participants.
  • "Dr. Pool was an extraordinarily able man. Endowed with a fine mind he developed it to the highest degree. Dr. Pool's service in World War I was a distinguished one. Going to France with Base Hospital No. 9 (New York Hospital Unit) he became in turn, Chief Surgeon of Evacuation Hospital No. 1, Consulting Surgeon to the 5th Army Corps and finally, Consulting Surgeon to the 1st Army.
  • "He was discharged January 30, 1919 with the rank of Lieutenant Colonel and was awarded the Legion d'Honneur, the Distinguished Service Medal, and a citation for "meritorious services" from the C.I.C., John J. Pershing. This distinguished service in World War I was strikingly recalled in World War II.
  • "Dr. Pool was a life trustee of Columbia University, an Honorary Governor of the New York Hospital, a life Trustee of the Children's Aid Society and a former Trustee of St. Paul's School, Concord, New Hampshire. In 1944 he was awarded Columbia University Alumni Federation's Gold Medal for distinguished contributions to the University.
  • "Dr. Pool loved sports and was an accomplished skater, above average golfer and played excellent tennis. For many years he looked forward to annual fishing and shooting trips. When he had the opportunity in his busy life he played as he had worked, with great skill, enthusiasm and with his characteristic will to win.
  • "Dr. Pool's clubs were the Links (N.Y.), Piping Rock (L.I.), and the Harvard Club of which he was a former President. His life was crowded with activity and accomplishments.
  • "Dr. Pool was divorced from his first wife, Mrs. Esther Hoppin Pool, in 1930 and his second wife, Mrs. Kitty Lanier Harriman Pool, died in 1936."
• Eugene's passport application form (dated 9 August 1916) provided the following information (see "United States Passport Applications, 1795-1925," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVJP-3LH4 : 16 March 2018), Eugene Hillhouse Pool, 1916; citing Passport Application, New York, United States, source certificate #31441, Passport Applications, January 2, 1906 - March 31, 1925, Roll 318, NARA microfilm publications M1490 and M1372 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.):
  • He was born on 3 June 1874 in New Brighton, Staten Island, New York. His father, John H. Pool, was born in New Brunswick, New Jersey.
  • His permanent residence was at 107 East 60th Street in Manhattan, where he worked as a surgeon.
  • For his current journey, he planned to visit France and England to perform hospital work. He would depart from the Port of New York aboard the ship Chicago on 12 August 1916.
  • He was 42 years old; was 6-feet, 1-inch tall; had a slightly sloping & high forehead, blue eyes, a straight nose, a moderate-size mouth, a round chin, brown & slightly gray curly hair.

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• Military service: St. Louis, Missouri, United States
• Immigration: 1935 - New York, New York, United States
• Residence: 1875 - Castleton, Richmond, New York, United States
• Residence: 1880 - Castleton, Richmond, New York, United States
• Residence: 1910 - Manhattan Ward 19, New York, New York, United States
• Residence: 1920 - Manhattan Assembly District 15, New York, New York, United States
• Residence: 1930 - Manhattan (Districts 0501-0750), New York, New York, United States
  • Reference: FamilySearch Family Tree - SmartCopy: Dec 14 2020, 23:38:50 UTC