Alameda County Biographies

H. A. MAKINSON, M. D.

Transcribed by Kathy Sedler

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        Dr. H. A. Makinson is a prominent and successful representative of the 
medical fraternity in Oakland and enjoys an enviable reputation among his 
professional brethren here. He was born in Ohio in 1873 and acquired his early 
education in the graded and high schools, while subsequently he pursued a course 
in Latin and English at the Salina Normal University of Salina, Kansas, 
graduating from that institution in 1897. He then followed the profession of 
teaching at Smith Center, Kansas, for a period of four years. Having determined 
upon the practice of medicine as a life work, he entered the College of Medicine 
of the University of Minnesota and in 1903 won his degree. He came to California 
the same year and for two years practiced his profession in Sonoma county, while 
in 1905 he opened an office in Oakland, Alameda county. For a period of five 
years he taught hygiene and public health in the College of Physicians and 
Surgeons at San Francisco. He is now engaged in the general practice of his 
profession at Oakland and is accorded an extensive and lucrative patronage in 
recognition of his skill and ability in the line of his chosen vocation.
        As a companion and helpmate on the journey of life Dr. Makinson chose 
Miss Grace M. Cassidy. His fraternal relations are with the Woodmen of the 
World, the Knights of Pythias and the Masons, and he acts as examining physician 
for the local lodges of these organizations. He is well known throughout the 
city and has won an enviable reputation in both professional and social circles.
 
Past & Present of Alameda County, California � Vol II, S. J. Clarke Publ. Co., 
1914, p. 190   

 



 
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