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NAME MAGRUDER 7SS MAGRUDER and M. D. in 1902 from Columbian (now George Washington) University. A short period in private practice was termi- nated by his election as superintendent of Emergency Hospital, an office he held for four years. He also served as associate sur- geon in Emergency and Georgetown Univer- sity hospitals and as clinical professor of sur- gery in Georgetown University. He was a member of Kappa Alpha Fraternity, of the Medical Society of the District of Columbia, Washington Surgical Society, Medical Society of Northern Virginia, and fellow of the American Medical Association and American College of Surgeons. In 1911 Dr. Magruder married Maryel Alpina, youngest daughter of a fellow clans- man, Sir Malcolm MacGregor, R. N., and of Lady Helen Laura, daughter of Hugh Sey- mour, Earl of Antrim. Upon the outbreak of the European War, Dr. Magruder was among the first to volun- teer his services to the American Red Cross. He was appointed chief surgeon of Llnit No. 3 as well as second surgeon-director and treasurer of the contingent which sailed for Siberia on November 21, 1914. Within a few months all but three of eighteen surgeons and nurses contracted typhus fever. Dr. James F. Donnelly dying in March. While hastening to Belgrade to attend Dr. Edward W. Ryan, chief surgeon of Unit No. 1, Dr. Magruder was stricken with the disease, to which he succumbed on April 9, 1915. His remains rested temporarily in Belgrade, until certain quarantine regulations had been satisfied. He was survived by his widow and an only child, Ernest P. Magruder. Dr. Magruder was a careful and skilled surgeon, a conscientious and studious phy- sician. He was a liberal contributor to the literature of surgery, dealing especially with the treatment of fractures and poliomyelitis. Frank J. Stockman. Jour. Amer, Med. Assoc, 1915, vol. Ixiv, 1342. New York Med. Jour., 1915, vol. ci, 799. Washington Med. Ann., 1915, vol. xiv, 259-262. Magruder, George Lloyd (1848-1914) George L. Magruder died of disease of the heart January 28, 1914, at the George- town University Hospital, Washington, D. C. He was born in Washington, November I, 1848, the son of Thomas Contee and Eliza- beth Olivia Morgan Magruder. His earliest American ancestor on the paternal side was the immigrant Alexander McGregor, who came from Scotland about 1650, settled in Maryland, and changed his name to Magruder soon after his arrival. Dr. Magruder's father was paymaster on the Washington aqueduct and Capitol extension, and disbursing officer under Quartermaster-general M. C. Meigs. Dr. Magruder was educated in private and public schools and by private tutors. He received the degree of A. B. in 1868, and A. M. in 1871, from Gonzaga College, Wash- ington ; graduated in medicine in 1870 at Georgetown Medical School ; afterwards until his death, he practised medicine in Wash- ington. He was professor of chemistry at Gonzaga College 1871 to 1873; was for some time prosector of minor surgery at the George- town Medical School; afterwards from 1883 to 1896 professor of materia medica, and also dean and treasurer of the medical faculty. Later he was made emeritus professor of materia medica and therapeutics. He was physician to the poor 1871-2; phy- sician to the police and fire departments 1883-7; was consulting physician to Providence and Emergency Hospitals, and member of the board of visitors of the Government Hos- pital for the Insane. He was a member of the Medical Asso- ciation and Medical Society of the District of Columbia; of the American Medical Asso- ciation ; of the Washington Obstetrical and Gynecological Society ; of the American Pub- lic Health Association, and of the Wash- ington Academy of Sciences. Dr. Magruder joined the Medical Society October 1, 1873, and was therefore a member over forty years ; was corresponding secre- tary 1876-7 ; member of the board of exam- iners 1881-3; vice-president 1895; member of the committee on legislation 1895-1901 ; and of the executive committee 1902-3. Dr. Magruder and Dr. H. H. Barker were the principal persons who founded the Cen- tral Dispensary, which was opened to patients May 1, 1871 ; about 1880 an emergency depart- ment was added, and the name became Cen- tral Dispensary and Emergency Hospital. He was also one of the founders of the George- town University Hospital. He was very active and energetic in regard to two matters especially — the water supply and the milk supply of this District. In 1894 he began the campaign for a pure water supply, and was chairman of the committee appointed by the Society February 7, to inves- tigate typhoid fever in this District. He was active in obtaining a hearing for the Medical Society in 1901 before the committee of the House of Representatives in regard to the filtration plant, and was a member of the