Doctors

Most recent additions to the Chatham-Kent Physician Tribute:

MacMurchy, John A., Dr.
Dr. John Archibald MacMurchy was born March 10th 1885 on a farm on the 3rd Line of Acton, Ontario. It was there in Acton that he attended public elementary and high school, and also attended the Milton Model school.
Rees, Howard, Dr.
Dr. Rees was born at the Toronto Public General Hospital to Marjorie Rees. He attended Weston Public School and Weston Collegiate Institute for elementary and high school. As a teenager, Dr. Rees worked at the Weston G...
Packham, John S., Dr.
Dr. Packham was born to Haney and Annie Packham in 1925, and raised on a dairy farm in Caistor Centre, Ontario. He attended a small schoolhouse in Caistor Township for elementary school, and then Smithville District Hig...
Lamont, Campbell, Dr.
Dr. Campbell Lamont was born to Alexander and Marie Lamont in 1922. Raised on the family farm in Mount Brydges, he attended Strathroy Collegiate Institute for secondary school.
Dr. Lamont enrolled in the University...
Szeps, Jerzy, Dr.
Dr. Jerzy Szeps was born on May 1, 1926 in Lodz, Poland, to parents Dr. Joseph and Mary Szeps. He attended public school in Poland, and high school in England. He enlisted in the Polish Army in the Middle East, and gra...
MacLennan, Myles, Dr.
Dr. MacLennan, son of Angus and Agnes (Coady) MacLennan, was born in Lebret, Saskatchewan, on April 11, 1930. Raised in Saskatchewan’s Qu’Appelle Valley, he attended elementary school at Lebret Public School followed by...
Sugiyama, Shigeru, Dr.
Born in Vancouver, British Columbia on July 8, 1931, Dr. Shigeru Sugiyama was the son of Mr. and Mrs. Yasutaro Sugiyama. He received his early education at the MacDonald School in Vancouver, and from 1942 to 1946 attend...
McKay, Malcolm, Dr.
Dr. McKay was born in Chatham to Malcolm and Hazel McKay on April 29, 1930. He received his elementary schooling at the Central Public School in Chatham and attended Chatham Collegiate Institute for high school. Dr. Mc...
Walker, Thomas L.B., Dr.
Dr. Thomas L. B. Walker was born to Thomas and Emily Walker, in Toronto, on May 3rd, 1923, in Toronto. Dr. Walker attended Malvern Collegiate in Toronto, before joining the Royal Canadian Air Force in 1941. As a pilot ...
Askin, Charles James Stuart, Dr.
Born in southwestern Ontario, Dr. Askin was one of Chatham’s twelve ‘pioneer physicians.’ Before his medical career in Chatham, Dr. Askin served as a military surgeon with the British Armed Forces at the Royal Naval Bas...