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Show Br. Donald Alpine McGregor Dies At His Home Here Tuesday Morning s, ) V ? i $ llKiilillSlliiiilW dr. d. a. McGregor . He Was One Of A Few Doctors In Utah To Be Honored By The American Federation of Surgeons Dr. Donald Alpine McGregor. 62, died at his home here early Tuesday Tues-day morning, following a second attack of coronary thombosis. He had suffered an attack several months ago, but had made a remarkable re-markable recovery, and since returning re-turning from a visit in California where he had gone for his health, had again been able to advise with his sons. Dr. A. W. and Dr. Lorenzo Loren-zo W.. who have been in charge of the McGregor hospital since his sickness. On Monday afternoon he made several X-Ray pictures and seemed to be feeling quite himself again. At 12:40 a.m. he suffered a second attack and died at 4 a.m. Tuesday. Doctor McGregor has featured as vice-president of the local Chamber of Commerce, vice-president of the Washington County Board of Education, president of the St. George Rotary club, and in June, 1932, was appointed a special delegate to attend the International In-ternational Rotary Convention at Seattle. Civic Leader ' During the World War he was head of the Civil Service Commission Com-mission of Washington County. An ardent member of the L.D.S. church, he was for a number of years, while located in Iron county, a member of the stake Sunday school presidency of Parowan stake, and over a like period was first counselor to Bishop George Parkinson. He was an active worker for the betterment of St. George and Washington county and took an especially active part in the helping help-ing to bring about better health conditions in this section. He was generous and always willing to lend a helping hand to those who were in need. Doctor McGregor, owner of the D. A. McGregor hospital at St. George, was born at Parowan, (Continued on page seven) r. Donald Alpine 4cGregcr ies At His Home Here Tuesday Horning (Continued from first page) j, April 9. 1S76. His parents e'tt'illmm Campbell McGregor, Glasgow, Scotland, and Sarah McGregor, of Charleston, atia. They were early pioneers jouthern Utah and contributed j,e upbuilding of that part of state. uctor McGregor spent his boy- and' youth in Parowan, rein re-in his common school edu-0nand edu-0nand graduating from the 5, Seminary there. His father extensive farming and cattle ivsts and as a young man he placed in charge of the latter, i work took him frequently on trips through Southern Utah, zona, and Nevada, and enlarged scope of friendships among the tie growers of these sections. From his earliest recollection, J-js young man desired to become jDliysician, and with this in mind, used" his first earnings in purchas-.jjg purchas-.jjg Doctor Gunn's New Family phv;ician and Home Book of Health, which he devotedly studi-'d studi-'d He entered the Baltimore Medical college, at Baltimore, Md jn the fall of 1S99, completing his first year of work there while Dr" David Street was dean of the j jP,'titution. The following year he attended the Illinois Medical col-Pe col-Pe at Chicago, and from there j ipent two years at Barnes Medical j college in St. Louis, Mo., receiving j his degree with recognition for his outstanding work in the spring of 1903. Returning from school he practiced during the next two vears in Parowan, and in the fall if 1905 returned to Chicago, where he spent a year of research work and study in the Post-Graduate School of Medicine and Surgery, also taking courses in the Northwestern North-western University and the Rush Medical college. In 1906, Doctor McGregor located locat-ed at Beaver, establishing a small hospital under his own name. In 1910 he accepted an appointment as chief surgeon for the Mexican National Railways in the State of Coahuila, with headquarters in the city of Porfero Dias. However, his . diploma and other credentials were burned in transit at the seige of Torron, during the revolution, which was then on in full swing, and he remained there only a year.' Returning again to Beaver he practiced there until in 1913, when lie moved to St. George. In May of that year, associated with his b.other-in-law, Dr. Frank J. Wood-bury Wood-bury hP fiRurpt, Wood ounrhng (he Washington County Hospital, which now bears hs name. While living in Iron and Heaver counties Doctor McGregor McGre-gor served as county physician and also held this poskio for many years in St. George. He has long been a member of the Salt Lake county, Utah State and American Medical associations and in October, 1936, was made a member of the American Federation Federa-tion of Surgeons. This is the highest high-est distinction awarded in the field of medicine and surgery and Doctor McGregor is one of the few m the west to attain this honor. During the past fifteen years he has made many trips to different clinics of the United States and practically every summer sum-mer since he first received his degree in medicine and surgery, he has devoted two to six- weeks' to post-graduate work in larger institutions, in-stitutions, according him an enviable envi-able rating among the distinguished distinguish-ed suregons of the present day. As a young man, he chose as his ideal and exemplar, Dr. George W. Middleton, distinguished physician physi-cian and surgeon of Salt Lake City over a long period of years. He has always attributed much of his personal success to the influence, in-fluence, guidance and encouragement encourage-ment of Doctor Middleton, who has advised the family that he will be present for the funeral services. November 21, 1895, Doctor McGregor Mc-Gregor married Miss Alma Gertrude Gert-rude Watson, daughter of Lorenzo Dow and Sarah Melissa (Clark) Watson of Parowan. To this union were born seven children. They are Mrs. Wanda M. Snow, of Provo; Mrs.' LaBerta Sorenson, Dr. Alpine W. McGregor, Mrs. Gertrude Mc-Arthur, Mc-Arthur, and Dr. Lorenzo W. McGregor, Mc-Gregor, all of St. George; Mrs. Karma McAllister, of Idaho Falls, Idaho, and Miss Mary McGregor, of Provo. He also has two sons by a second wife, Bertha Pen-dexter Pen-dexter Watson, Donald McGregor, employed in Washington, D. C. and Dr. Mar McGregor, a recent graduate of the medical school of Leland Stanford. They also have an adopted daughter, Zola, now aged 10. Both wives and the 10 children survive and are here for the services. Funeral services are being held in the stake Tabernacle at 3 p.m. today (Thursday). |