George Fletcher Chandler
George Fletcher Chandler (born December 13, 1872 in Clyde , New York ; died November 7, 1964 ) was an American medic who served as the first chief of the New York State Police in 1917 .
biography
Chandler was born in Clyde , New York , in 1872 . He was the son of a November 7th Methodist minister who traveled regularly and accordingly spent his youth in various parishes between Portland and Syracuse . He attended Bishop Scott Grammar School in Portland, later Ithaca High School, and finally Syracuse University . He earned his school fees as the bell ringer at Krouse Memorial College. At the age of 15 he began to play the violin and studied this instrument with William H. Schultze, who founded the music school in Syracuse. On January 1, 1900, he married his daughter Martha Marie, who died in 1931.
Chandler graduated from Columbia University's College of Physicians and Surgeons in 1895 , after which he practiced as a general practitioner in New York City until 1901 and later as an assistant surgeon at St. Vincent's Hospital. In 1901 he went to Kingston and worked there as a surgeon and manager at Kingston Hospital. He then served in the National Guard and as a major in the 10th Infantry on the Mexican border in McAllen , Texas, where he became an adjutant in the First New York Brigade. In 1915 he graduated from the Field Officers School at Fort Leavenworth , Kansas .
On his return to Kingston he was instructed by the Governor Charles S. Whitman , a friend from New York, to set up a state police force. In May 1917 he was confirmed as the first superintendent of the New York State Police. He built up the police division of the "New York State Troopers" and in 1921 developed the New York State School for Police, the first state police school in the United States. In 1923 he retired and named Captain John A. Warner as his successor, he himself worked again as a surgeon in Kingston and later in the State Crime Commission under Governors Alfred E. Smith and Franklin D. Roosevelt . At the time of his death in 1964, he was a Lieutenant Colonel in the Reserve Medical Corps .
supporting documents
- ^ A b c New York State Police, History 1917-1929 ; accessed on October 6, 2016
- ↑ a b c d George Chandler, Police Aide, Dies . In: New York Times , November 7, 1964. Retrieved October 6, 2016.
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| SURNAME | Chandler, George Fletcher |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American surgeon and founder of the New York State Police |
| DATE OF BIRTH | December 13, 1872 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Clyde , New York |
| DATE OF DEATH | November 7, 1964 |