Arthur C. Logan

Arthur C. Logan was a surgeon. The year after he died, the 1862-founded Knickerbocker Hospital was renamed in his memory; he had been a member of New York City's Health and Hospitals Corporation and was also described as a civic leader. In 1970, he was honored, with attendees including the Governor, a future governor, an ambassador, and many others.

Family

Born in Tuskegee, Alabama, Arthur C. Logan was a descendant of the Logan family, known for valuing "education and decorum as a way to transcend racial restrictions". He was the youngest of nine children.
Logan was educated at a private school in New York City. He graduated from Williams College and became a surgeon in New York City. He also served as personal physician to musician and composer Duke Ellington from 1937, and to Billy Strayhorn. Strayhorn's composition "U.M.M.G. " honored Logan among the founders and partners of the ground-breaking clinic. Logan was appointed by Mayor Robert F. Wagner as first chairman of the New York City Council Against Poverty.
Logan and his first wife, Wenonah Bond, had a daughter Adele Logan before their divorce. Adele attended the Ethical Culture Fieldston School in New York, as had her father. Later she earned a doctorate in history and became a professor at George Washington University. As Adele Logan Alexander, she has written extensively on African-American history; through her, Logan became a grandfather.
Logan's second marriage was to Marian Bruce, a cabaret singer and recording artist.
Logan's son Warren was aged 10 at the time of his father's death in Manhattan in November 1973.