Victor Isaac Markson (1912 - 2012)

Born 12 Jul 1912 in Chicago, Cook, Illinois, United States

Ancestors

Died 15 Aug 2012 at age 100 in New York City, New York, United States

Biography

Obituary in Beaver County Times:

Dr. Victor I. Markson, a retired physician, who was an early pioneer in demonstrating that anticoagulant therapy in the treatment of thromboembolic disease could be as safe and effective for ambulatory and office patients as it was for hospitalized subjects, died peacefully on August 15, 2012, at his home in New York City. He was 100.

Dr. Markson was on staff at the Albert Einstein Medical Center in Philadelphia in 1956-57 where he worked under the direction of Dr. Samuel Baer on the preliminary studies of the anticoagulant drug, Warfarin (Coumadin) Sodium, and collaborated on several published papers. After returning to private practice in Beaver Falls, Dr. Markson recorded the results of his own experiences with 144 patients over a period of five years. His 1964 seminal paper, Long-Term Anticoagulant Therapy as an Office Procedure, was published in the journal, Angiology. Dr. Markson's work showed that safe, therapeutic prothrombin levels could be reached and satisfactorily maintained in a majority of the cases and that the clinical improvement over previously accepted standards had been striking. Dr. Markson was a dedicated and skilled practitioner who devoted his working life to the welfare of his patients and their families. Dr. Markson was instrumental in bringing the first kidney dialysis machine and Teletrace Pacemaker monitoring to the community. Dr. Markson is a past president of the staff of Providence Hospital in Beaver Falls, the Beaver County Medical Society, the Beaver County Heart Association, and the Beaver County Cancer Society. At the United Hospital, Incorporated, he served in several capacities, including Chief of Internal Medicine, Chief of Coronary Care, and Chief of the Medical Staff. In 1981, he was named Chairman of the ICU Committee at the Medical Center of Beaver County where he was also a member of the Executive Board. Dr. Markson's interest in research never waned and in 1971 with several colleagues, he conceived the Blood-Lipid Testing Program that screened school children and newborns in Western Pennsylvania for abnormalities. This program eventually received Federal funding as the Regional Medical Project and Dr. Markson served as the Medical Advisory Chairman.

Victor Isaac Markson was born in Chicago on July 12, 1912 to Harry and Alice Markson. He was raised and lived most of his adult life in Beaver Falls, Pennsylvania. He graduated from Beaver Falls High School in 1929 and attended the University of Pittsburgh. However, because of the Great Depression he had to drop out of college before receiving his degree but found work as a truck driver. Without applying, but on the recommendation of an Iowa relative, he was accepted at the University of Iowa Medical School. Dr. Markson graduated from the University of Iowa Medical School in 1937 and practiced medicine in Beaver Falls, Pennsylvania, until his retirement in 1983. He completed post-graduate studies in Internal Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania Graduate School of Medicine in 1956 and completed an additional one year residency at the Albert Einstein Medical Center of Philadelphia. It was at this time that Dr. Markson began his research on anticoagulant therapy.

Dr. Markson enlisted in the Army Air Corp in January 1943 and served as the Surgeon of the 1897th Aviation Engineer Battalion. He saw action in New Guinea, the Philippines, and Okinawa. Dr. Markson was awarded the Bronze Star Medal for meritorious achievement in connection with military operations against the enemy at Puerto Princesa, Palawan, Philippine Islands in 1945. He was discharged from active service in April 1946 with the rank of Major.

Dr. Markson was active in civic and community service and was a member of the Agudath Achim Synagogue in Beaver Falls and a member of the Tower Society of Geneva College. He was an ardent supporter of B'nai B'rith, the Jewish National Fund and the State of Israel Bonds organization. While living in New York City, Dr. Markson was a congregant at the Society for the Advancement of Judaism.

Dr. Markson married Dorothy Isaacson in 1938. She died in 1996. They had two sons, David and Jonathan. Dr. Markson married Madeline Marcus Milberg of Great Neck, NY in 1997. She died in 2009. Dr. Markson is survived by his two sons and their wives, Marie and Gaye, and a grandson, Daniel. In addition to his parents and his wives, he was preceded in death by a grandson, Zachary.

Friends will be received on Friday, August 17, 2012, from 10 a.m. until the time of the service at 11 a.m. in the HILL & KUNSELMAN FUNERAL HOME, http://www.hillandkunselman.com, 3801 Fourth Ave., College Hill, Beaver Falls, where a service will be conducted by Rabbi Martin Shorr. Interment will follow in Agudath Achim Cemetery.

Sources

See also:

• "Illinois, Cook County, Birth Certificates, 1871-1940," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:NQBP-H9Q : 18 May 2016), Victor Morrson, 12 Jul 1912; Chicago, Cook, Illinois, United States, reference/certificate 11257, Cook County Clerk, Cook County Courthouse, Chicago; FHL microfilm 1,288,251.
• "United States Census, 1920," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MFTL-91K : accessed 6 August 2020), Victor I Markson in household of Harry Markson, Beaver Falls Ward 1, Beaver, Pennsylvania, United States; citing ED 13, sheet 1A, line 33, family 9, NARA microfilm publication T625 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1992), roll 1531; FHL microfilm 1,821,531.
• "United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XCZ8-D4K : accessed 6 August 2020), I Victor Markson in household of M Harry Markson, Beaver Falls, Beaver, Pennsylvania, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 33, sheet 25A, line 26, family 561, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 1996; FHL microfilm 2,341,730.
• "United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KQQD-QPY : 21 January 2020), Victor Markson in household of Harry Markson, Ward 5, Beaver Falls, Beaver Falls City, Beaver, Pennsylvania, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 4-50, sheet 1B, line 69, family 24, Sixteenth Census of the United States, 1940, NARA digital publication T627. Records of the Bureau of the Census, 1790 - 2007, RG 29. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2012, roll 3426.
• "United States, GenealogyBank Obituaries, 1980-2014," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QK4X-GN6Y : accessed 6 August 2020), Dr Victor Isaac Markson, Pennsylvania, United States, 16 Aug 2012; from "Recent Newspaper Obituaries (1977 - Today)," database, GenealogyBank.com (http://www.genealogybank.com : 2014); citing Beaver County Times, born-digital text.
• Find A Grave: Memorial #95462066
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