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(2) Mallory Page Hull (married 1937)<br>
(2) Mallory Page Hull (married 1937)<br>
'''Children''': <br>
'''Children''': <br>
Dr. Alice Louise Hull ___<br>
Dr. Edgar Warren Hull<br>
Dr. Edgar Warren Hull<br>
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[[Louisiana State University]]<br>
[[Louisiana State University]]<br>
[[Tulane University]] School of Medicine
[[Tulane University]] School of Medicine
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'''Edgar Hull, Jr.''' (February 20, 1904 – October 24, 1984), was a [[physician]] who in 1931 was a founding faculty member of the Louisiana State University Medical Center in [[New Orleans]], [[Louisiana]].<ref name=lahist>{{cite web|url=https://www.lahistory.org/resources/dictionary-louisiana-biography/dictionary-louisiana-biography-h/|title=Hull, Edgar|publisher=Louisiana Historical Association: ''A Dictionary of Louisiana Biography''|accessdate=October 25, 2019}}</ref> In 1966, Hull he became the first dean of the Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center [[Shreveport]]).<ref name="lahist"/>
'''Edgar Hull, Jr.''' (February 20, 1904 – October 24, 1984), was a [[physician]] who in 1931 was a founding faculty member of the Louisiana State University Medical Center in [[New Orleans]], [[Louisiana]].<ref name=lahist>{{cite web|url=https://www.lahistory.org/resources/dictionary-louisiana-biography/dictionary-louisiana-biography-h/|title=Hull, Edgar|publisher=Louisiana Historical Association: ''A Dictionary of Louisiana Biography''|accessdate=October 25, 2019}}</ref> In 1966, Hull he became the first dean of the Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center in [[Shreveport]]).<ref name="lahist"/>
In retirement, Hull contradicted the [[historian]] T. Harry Williams' account of the [[assassination]] and death of [[Governor]] and [[U.S. Senator]] [[Huey Long|Huey Pierce Long, Jr.]]<ref name=lahist/>
In retirement, Hull contradicted the [[historian]] T. Harry Williams' account of the [[assassination]] and death of [[Governor]] and [[U.S. Senator]] [[Huey Long|Huey Pierce Long, Jr.]]<ref name=lahist/>
==Background==
==Background==
Hull was born in Pascagoula in Jackson County in southern [[Mississippi]], the son of Edgar Hull, Sr., and the former Alice Christine Rourke. He graduated from Pascagoula High School and studied pre-medicine in the early 1920s at [[Louisiana State University]] in [[Baton Rouge]]. In between those years, he was a temporary schoolteacher at Bayou Cassotte in Jackson County, Mississippi. From 1923 to 1927, Hull attended the [[Tulane University]] School of Medicine in [[New Orleans]], from which he received his medical credentials. Hull then interned at the 108-bed Highland Sanitarium in Shreveport]] in northwestern Louisiana. He stayed there for only six months before launching a private practice from 1929 to 1931 in rural Pleasant Hill in Sabine Parish in western Louisiana.<ref name=lahist/>
Hull was born in Pascagoula in Jackson County in southern [[Mississippi]], the son of Edgar Hull, Sr., and the former Alice Christine Rourke. He graduated from Pascagoula High School and studied pre-medicine in the early 1920s at [[Louisiana State University]] in [[Baton Rouge]]. In between those years, he was a temporary schoolteacher at Bayou Cassotte in Jackson County, Mississippi. From 1923 to 1927, Hull attended the [[Tulane University]] School of Medicine in [[New Orleans]], from which he received his medical credentials. Hull then interned at the 108-bed Highland Sanitarium in Shreveport]] in northwestern Louisiana. He stayed there for only six months before launching a private practice from 1929 to 1931 in rural Pleasant Hill in Sabine Parish in western Louisiana.<ref name=lahist/>
In 1930, Hull married the former Louise Parham of Shreveport, Louisiana. She died seven years later<ref name=lahist/>
In 1930, Hull married the former Louise Parham of Shreveport, Louisiana. She died seven years later.<ref name=lahist/>
==Medical school pioneer==
==Medical school pioneer==
On October 7, 1931, Hull returned to New Orleans and became one of the founding staff and faculty at the new LSU Medical Center, affiliated with Charity Hospital. In 1944, Hull was a Markle Fellow to [[Costa Rica]] and [[Guatemala]]. From 1950 to1951, he was a [[Fulbright Program|Fulbright Professor]] to the [[University of Bologna]] in [[Bologna, Italy|Bologna]], [[Italy]]. In 1958, he was a consultant to [[Taiwan]]. He also performed consulting work in New Orleans at Touro Infirmary and Baptist Hospital. Shortly after Louise's death, he married the former Mallory Page Warren (1904–1986).<ref name=lahist/> Hull was acting head of the LSU School of Medicine in 1939 and chief administrator from 1940–1954 and 1960-1966. In between from 1954–1960, he was the medical school associate dean.<ref name=lahist/>
On October 7, 1931, Hull returned to New Orleans and became one of the founding staff and faculty at the new LSU Medical Center, affiliated with Charity Hospital. In 1944, Hull was a Markle Fellow to [[Costa Rica]] and [[Guatemala]]. From 1950 to1951, he was a [[J. William Fulbright|Fulbright]] to the University of Bologna in Bologna, [[Italy]]. In 1958, he was a consultant to [[Taiwan]]. He also performed consulting work in New Orleans at Touro Infirmary and Baptist Hospital. Shortly after Louise's death, he married the former Mallory Page Warren (1904–1986).<ref name=lahist/> Hull was acting head of the LSU School of Medicine in 1939 and chief administrator from 1940–1954 and 1960-1966. In between from 1954–1960, he was the medical school associate dean.<ref name=lahist/>
Hull was a pioneer in [[electrocardiography]] and a master of the American College of Physicians, a member of the American College of Gastroenterology, the American College of Cardiology, and the [[Roman Catholic|Catholic]] Physicians Guild. In 1966, he returned after many years to Shreveport to head the new LSU School of Medicine, which opened in 1969 partly in the facility of the former Confederate Memorial Medical Center. He worked to obtain national accreditation for what was only the second public medical school in Louisiana. He was the dean of the Shreveport campus from 1966–1973, when he retired at the age of sixty-nine to Pascagoula.<ref name=lahist/>
Hull was a pioneer in electrocardiography and a master of the American College of Physicians, a member of the American College of Gastroenterology, the American College of Cardiology, and the [[Roman Catholic|Catholic]] Physicians Guild. In 1966, he returned after many years to Shreveport to head the new LSU School of Medicine, which opened in 1969 partly in the facility of the former Confederate Memorial Medical Center. He worked to obtain national accreditation for what was only the second public medical school in Louisiana. He was the dean of the Shreveport campus from 1966–1973, when he retired at the age of sixty-nine to Pascagoula.<ref name=lahist/>
==Remembrance of Huey Long==
==Remembrance of Huey Long==
==References==
==References==
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