Dr. Royal S. Copeland, a native o! Michigan, was born on a farm near Dexter, Mich, on November 7, 1868 and so from his earliest years he was interested in farmers and their problems, although later in life he was a resident of America's most populous city.
As a boy he attended the public schools and was graduated from the Dexter high school, and afterward attended, the Michigan State Normal College and the University of Michigan, from" where he received the degree of Doctor of Medicine in 1889 He later received the degree of Master of Arts from Lawrence Ni versity, Doctor of Laws from Syfacuse University and Oglethorpe University, Doctor of Science from Temple University. He was a Fellow of the American College of Surgeons, After an interneship in ihe University of Michigan Hospital and five years in general practice and postgraduate work in Europe Dr. Copeland was appointed professor in the University of Michigan Medical School.
Entry into Politics While a resident of Ann Arbor, and when he was only 33, Dr. Copeland became mayor of that city.
In 1903 the national medical organization made Dr, Copeland its president, and in the same year he became dean of Flower Hospital Medical College, New York, in which position he served for ten years. When the United States entered the Warld War, he organized hospital unit "N. In 1918 he was appointed commissioner of health of New York City, a post he filled for five year:
During Dr, Copeland's administration as Health Commissioner there occurred an influenza epidemic which swept the country, When the
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