August Groeschel, MD Papers

Dr. August Groeschel was born in 1908. In 1931, he received a MD degree from Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons. After graduation, he was a medical and surgical resident at French Hospital in New York and an obstetrical intern at New York Nursery and Child's Hospital. He open a private practice in Sussex, NJ, which he operated from 1934-1940.

He decided to go back to school, and in 1947, he received a MS in hospital administration at Columbia University School of Public Health. The last year of his MS program he was an administrative resident at University of Penn Hospital in Philadelphia. He served with the US Army Medical Corps during WWII from 1941-1945. He continued to serve in the U.S. Army Reserves. He rose to Brigadier General of the 818th Hospital Center from 1961 to 1967.

He was a hospital administrator at New York Hospital. He was assistant director of New York Hospital from 1948-1952, associate director of professional services, 1954-1967, administrator of the hospital, 1967-1970, and vice president of the medical center, a newly created position, 1970-1973. In addition, he was assistant professor of public health at the college, and a founder of New York Blood Center.

Dr. Groesche retired in 1973 and died on April 23, 1989.