ALEXANDER MONTAGUE ATHERTON

He attended Punahou Preparartory School and Oahu College, graduating in 1893. In September of the same year he entered Wesleyan University, Middletown, Connecticut, and received his A.B. in June, 1897. From there he went to Johns Hopkins Medical College which granted him his M.D. in 1901.

In competitive examination for appontment to New York City Hospital, Dr. Atherton was one of eight out of the thirty contestants to receive an appointment.

While visiting in the Islands during the summer of 1901, Dr. Atherton passed his Medical Board examinations and received his license to practice in the Territory. During September and October of the same year he went to Hamakua to take the practice of Dr. Greenleaf, who had broken his leg.

Dr. Atherton returned to New York to begin his internship in December, 1901. During the winter he contracted a heavy cold which settled in his lungs. He kept on with his work, however, until June, 1902, when a succession of hemorrhages forced him to go to a sanitarium in the Adirondacks.

In April, 1903, Dr. Atherton returned to Honolulu to see his father, arriving the morning following his death. He remained three months but the climate proved unfavorable for him, and he returned to New York and entered Dr. Loomis' sanitarium at Liberty. There, in spite of all efforts, he continued to fail.

On August 18, 1903 he married Miss Ellen Louise Baker of Providence, Rhode Island.

Ten days later on August 28, 1903 Dr. Atherton died at Liberty, New York, at the age of 28.

He was a member of the Y.M.C.A. and of Central Union Church.

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