Zina Pitcher

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Zina Pitcher
Zina Pitcher

In office
1843 – 1843
Preceded by Douglass Houghton
Succeeded by John R. Williams

In office
1840 – 1841
Preceded by De Garmo Jones
Succeeded by Douglass Houghton

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 YorkApril 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

  1. ^ a b Wilson & Fiske 1888, p. 31
  2. ^ Franck 1996, p. 42

[edit] References

Political offices
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
Business positions
Preceded by
George B. Wood
President of the American Medical Association
1856–1857
Succeeded by
Paul F. Eve