1942
OrsEASEs oF THE CHEST
OBITUARIES sociation, he had served previously as a member of the House of Delegates from 1933 to 1938 and in 1940. In 1940 he became a member of the Committee on Medical Preparedness and more recently had been made Chairman of the Corps Area Committee of the Procurement and Assignment Service for phy. sicians, dentists and vetinarians. He was a Fellow of the American College of Surgeons of which h e was former Vice President. In every phase of medical activity in California, his wise judgment and leadership had been highly prized and in recent years equa~y in all phases of national concern , especially in the work of preparedness and of medical service in the war had he given unstintedly of his time- traveling from the West Coast to Chicago and Washington to participate in essential conferences. The death of Dr Charles Alfred Dukes is a great loss to our country and to the medical profession.
DR. ANDREW PETERS
1890-1942
CHARLES ALFRED DUKES
1872-1942
Dr. Charles Alfred Dukes, Oakland, California, a Fellow of the American College of Chest Physicians, died at a local hospital on March 13 at the age of 69 years. Dr. Dukes was born in Numa, Iowa, April 23, 1872, and graduated from the Cooper Medical College, San Francisco, in 1895. For many years he was a visiting surgeon at the Veterans Administration Facility at Livermore, California, and he was also a member of the staffs of the Merritt Hospital, the Highland-Alameda County Hospital in Oa kland, and the Fairmont Hospital in San Leandro. He was Vice President of the American Medical Association and Vice President of the California Chapter of the American College of Chest Physicians at the time of his death. In the California State Medical Association, he had occupied practically all offices including that of President. He gave freely of his time to public service and to medical organizations. In the American Medical As160
Dr. Andrew Peters, Springfield, Massachusetts, a Fellow of the College, died on January 8, 1942. Dr. Peters was graduated from the College of Physicians and Surgeons, Columbia University, in 1914. He served as Chief of Tuberculosis Service and Clinics of the Springfield Health Department Hospitals since 1936. He was a member of the National Tuberculosis Association and the Trudeau Society of Massachusetts. Dr. Peters contributed a number of papers to several medical jour· nals.
DR. JAMES RANDALL COOPER
1903-1942
Dr . James _Randall Cooper an Associate Member of the College, died on February 7. 1942. Dr. Cooper was graduated from the University of Nebraska College of Medicine in 1932 and had served on the staff of the State Tuberculosis Sanatorium at Rockville. Indiana, for several years. At the time of his death, Dr. Cooper was serving as Superintendent of the Smith-Esteb Tuberculosis Hospita l at Richmond, Indiana.