Turner, Alexander L.
- Identifier
- DBB-PER-00748
- Given Name
- Alexander L.
- Family Name
- Turner
- Gender
- Male
- Description
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Dr. Alexander L. Turner was a surgeon who practiced medicine in Detroit since the 1910s. He studied medicine at the University of Michigan. He did postgraduate work in Washington, D.C. He began a chain of drug stores as early as 1911. He had a private medical practice, and, in 1924, he employed two full-time assistants and a chauffeur in the practice.
He was one of the key founders of Dunbar Hospital and served as the institution's first secretary and one of its founding trustees. He was appointed surgeon to the hospital at the time of its founding in 1918. He was also a building committee member and a substantial donor to the St. Antoine St. branch YMCA when it opened in 1925.
The 1924 Colored Detroit directory contains an extensive profile and a photograph of him as well as a photograph of his medical office. - Related Person
- Turner (Mrs)
- Activity
- drug store
- physician
- Affiliation
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This person was an entrepreneur who operated a business and advertised services under their personal name.
Additionally, this person was affiliated with the following organization(s):
Dunbar Memorial Hospital (Parkside Hospital)
Role: Board Member (founding trustee and first secretary)YMCA - St. Antoine Branch
Role: Other Leadership Role (building committee member and substantial donor in 1925) - Book Pages
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This person, their family, or their business appears in the book Freedom Enterprise on page(s): 69, 70.
- Documentation
- 1924 Colored Detroit, 24-25 (Dr. Alexander L. Turner)
- 1927 Detroit Negro Business League Directory, 21 (Turner, Alexander)
- 1924 Colored Detroit, 38-39 (Dunbar Memorial Hospital)
- 1924 Colored Detroit, 24 (Dunbar Memorial Hospital)
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1925-04-04 Chicago Defender, 1 (St. Antoine St. branch of the Metropolitan Y.M.C.A.)
- Title
- Turner, Alexander L.