Zina Pitcher
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| Zina Pitcher | |
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18th Mayor of Detroit
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| In office 1843 – 1843 |
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| Preceded by | Douglass Houghton |
| Succeeded by | John R. Williams |
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16th Mayor of Detroit
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| In office 1840 – 1841 |
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| Preceded by | De Garmo Jones |
| Succeeded by | Douglass Houghton |
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| Born | April 12, 1797 Sandy Hill, New York |
| Died | April 5, 1872 Detroit, Michigan |
| Alma mater | Middlebury College |
| Profession | physician |
Zina Pitcher (April 12, 1797, Sandy Hill, New York–April 5, 1872, Detroit) was an American physician, politician, educator, and academic administrator. He was a president of the American Medical Association, a two-time mayor of Detroit and a member of the Board of Regents of the University of Michigan.
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[edit] Biography
[edit] Early Life
Zina Pitcher was born in Sandy Hill, New York on April 12, 1797. He was the younger brother of Nathaniel Pitcher, a future Governor of New York. He attended Middlebury College in Vermont and graduated in medicine in 1822. He joined the Army that year as an assistant surgeon, and was promoted to the rank of major in 1836 as a full surgeon. He was president of the Army Medical Board in 1835, and resigned from the Army at the end of 1836.[1]
He moved to Detroit, and was elected mayor for two separate terms, once from 1840-1841 and again in 1843. He was also a regent of the University of Michigan from 1837 until 1852. He served as president of the American Medical Association from 1856-1857, presiding over its annual meeting in Detroit.[1]
He died in Detroit on April 5, 1872 and is buried in Elmwood Cemetery.[2]
[edit] Commemoration
- The Zina Pitcher Collegiate Professorship of the History of Medicine at the University of Michigan Medical School
- Zina Pitcher Place, a street in front of the University of Michigan Medical Center
[edit] Notes
- ^ a b Wilson & Fiske 1888, p. 31
- ^ Franck 1996, p. 42
[edit] References
- Franck, Michael S. (1996), Elmwood Endures: History of a Detroit Cemetery, Detroit: Wayne State University, ISBN 0814325912, <http://books.google.com/books?id=Q0KBYj8v_ZMC>
- Wilson, James G. & Fiske, John (1888), Appletons' Cyclopædia of American Biography, pp. 31, <http://books.google.com/books?id=lPPcZiJcLuUC&pg=PA31>
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| Preceded by De Garmo Jones |
Mayor of Detroit 1840–1841 |
Succeeded by Douglass Houghton |
| Preceded by Douglass Houghton |
Mayor of Detroit 1843 |
Succeeded by John R. Williams |
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| Preceded by George B. Wood |
President of the American Medical Association 1856–1857 |
Succeeded by Paul F. Eve |

