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Biography

ROYAL SAMUEL COPELAND was born in Dexter, Washtenaw County, Mich., November 7, 1868; attended the public schools and the Michigan State Normal School, Ypsilanti, Mich.; was graduated from the medical department of the University of Michigan at Ann Arbor in 1889; took postgraduate courses in Europe; was house surgeon in the University of Michigan Hospital in 1889 and 1890; practiced medicine in Bay City, Mich., 1890-1895; professor in the medical school of the University of Michigan 1895-1908; during his residence in Ann Arbor, Mich., was mayor 1901–3, president of the park board 1905–6, president of the board of education 1907-8, and a member of the Michigan State tuberculosis board of trustees 1900-1908; moved to New York City in 1908; dean of the New York Flower Hospital and Medical College 1908-18; member of the United States pension examining board in 1917; commissioner of public health and president of the New York Board of Health 1918-23; elected as a Democrat to the United States Senate in 1922; reelected in 1928 and 1934, and served from March 4, 1923, until his death; author of several scientific works, and was nationally known for his writings and radio broadcasts on health problems; unsuccessful candidate for nomination as mayor for New York City in 1937; died in Washington, D. C., June 17, 1938; interment in Mahwah Cemetery, Mahwah, N. J.

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