Arthur C. Logan
*The birth of Arthur Logan is celebrated on February 21 c. 1905. He was a Black surgeon.
Born in Tuskegee, Alabama, Arthur C. Logan was the youngest of nine children. He came from a family known for valuing education and decorum to transcend racial restrictions. Logan attended a private school in New York City. He graduated from Columbia University's College of Physicians and Surgeons and Williams College and became a surgeon in New York City.
Logan and his first wife, Wenonah Bond, had a daughter (Adele) before their divorce. Logan's second marriage was to Marian Bruce, a cabaret singer and recording artist. He was a personal physician to musician and composer Duke Ellington and Billy Strayhorn. Strayhorn's composition "U.M.M.G. (Upper Manhattan Medical Group)" honored Logan among the founders and partners of the clinic.
During the Poor People's March on Washington in 1967, he mobilized a medical team to treat the demonstrators in tents in "Resurrection City." Mayor Robert F. Wagner appointed him the first chairman of the New York City Council Against Poverty. In 1970, he was honored, with attendees including the Governor, a future governor, an ambassador, and many others. Logan died in Manhattan on November 25, 1973. The year after his death, the 1862-founded Knickerbocker Hospital was renamed; he was a member of New York City's Health and Hospitals Corporation and a civic leader.
