CHARLES LOUIS GARVIN

His early education was obtained in the schools of Columbus, Ohio. Later he followed a classic course at Butler University in Indianapolis, Indiana. Going to California, he took his medical studies at Cooper Medical College in San Francisco from which he graduated in 1895. After graduation Dr. Garvin became senior house physician at Lane Hospital in San Francisco and lecturer in the training school.

On the completion of his hospital service, Dr. Garvin accepted the position of assistant surgeon in the U.S. Veterans' Home in Yountsville, California. Later he engaged in private practice in Napa Valley.

Coming to Honolulu in July, 1897, in search of a better climate, Dr. Garvin was appointed attending physician at the Honolulu Sanitarium, a branch of the Battle Creek Sanitarium, located on King Street. He was also examining physician for the Y.M.C.A. gymnasium. From 1900 to 1903 he was engaged in private practice in Honolulu.

After 1903 and until 1923 nothing can be learned about Dr. Garvin beyond the fact he saw service in World War I. In 1923 he was located in Los Angeles, and during this period he was also on the faculty of the University of Southern California School of Medicine. By 1931 he had moved to Livingston where he established a practice, later limiting himself to industrial surgery.

Dr. Garvin died at the Palo Alto Hospital on April 28, 1948, at the age of 79.

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