DONALD CARLYON MARSHALL

His internship was served at San Francisco City and County Hospital, San Francisco, 1929-1930. In 1931 Dr. Marshall went abroad to take graduate work at Kaiser and Kaiserin Friedrich Kinder Kraukenborn, Berlin, and at the Hospital for Sick Children, Great Ormond, London. Returning to San Francisco, Dr. Marshall became a resident in Pediatrics at Stanford-Lane Hospital in 1931-1933. In the next six years, Dr. Marshall was first an Instructor and then Assistant Professor in Pediatrics at Stanford-Lane Medical School. During this period he also carried on a private practice in San Francisco, specializing in pediatrics.

Dr. Marshall came to Honolulu in July 1939 to join the Medical Group (later to be known as the Honolulu Medical Group) where he was the founder of the Pediatric Department. As the first doctor in the Islands to be trained in Adolescent Medicine, he did much to further the cause of teenagers in the community. On occasion, he would take troubled young people in to his own home for special care, a project with which Mrs. Marshall's help was invaluable. Dr. Marshall's pediatric practice spanned 36 years, the first 28 years were with the Medical Group. Upon reaching the mandatory retirement age of 65, he went into private practice until 1975 when he retired.

On March 18, 1941, Dr. Marshall and Margo McLane were married in Honolulu. They later adopted a son, Russell William, and a daughter, Janet Marilyn (Mrs. George P. Cook, III).

During his years of active practice, Dr. Marshall was on the staff of Children's Hospital, Queen's Hospital, St. Francis Hospital and Kapiolani Maternity Hospital. He was the first Pediatric Consultant for Tripler Army Hospital and was instrumental in bringing the military doctors into the Hawaiian medical community. A diplomate of the American Board of Pediatrics, he was also a member of the American Academy of Pediatrics, the Honolulu Pediatric Society, the Hawaii Medical Association and the American Medical Association. He was co-founder of the Honolulu Pediatric Society, which often met at the Marshall's spacious Diamond Head home. He was an early member of the American Academy of Pediatrics and always administered the first part (the written examination) to local candidates.

Dr. John Peyton, long time friend and fellow pediatrician, recalled that Dr. Marshall was in no way a politician and had no desire to be president of the Honolulu Pediatric Society or become Chief of Staff at any of the hospitals. Had he wished such positions, Dr. Marshall, a senior member of the pediatric community, would have been elected easily.

Dr. Marshall was also affiliated with Phi Beta Kappa, Alpha Omega Alpha, Sigma Xi, the Pacific Club, Stanford Club in Honolulu and Central Union Church where he used to sing in the choir. He was a member of the Honolulu Wine and Food Society, serving as president of that distinguished group of gourmets in 1963-1964. Dr. Marshall was a man of many interests. He had dachshunds and dalmatians. He owned the first small Cadillac Coupe in the Islands. Later he had a Porsche that he enjoyed for many years before parting with it to a former patient, now a pediatrician practicing in the Islands, who prized it so highly that he is reported to drive the car only on Sundays.

Dr. Marshall died December 7, 1982, at Kahuku Hospital within a few days of his 81st birthday and is survived by his wife, son and daughter.

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