Ulysses Mason
Ulysses Grant Mason (born November 20, 1872 in Birmingham, died October 5, 1933) was a banker and physician.
Mason, the son of Isaac and Mary de Jarnette Mason, graduated from Huntsville College (now Alabama A&M University) and earned his M.D. at the Meharry Medical School in Nashville, Tennessee in 1895. He began practicing in Birmingham that year, and later completed a special course in surgery at the University of Edinburgh, Scotland in 1899. He was appointed assistant city physician and served as chairman of the board of the George C. Hall Hospital.
Mason married the former Alice Nelson of Greensboro on June 28, 1898. They had four children: Vivian, Ellariz, Ulysses Jr, and Alice F.
Mason was president of the Alabama Penny Savings Bank, which merged with the Prudential Savings Bank in 1915.
He kept an office in the Mason Building at 1717½ 3rd Avenue North and resided at 1525 7th Avenue North.
Mason's son, Ulysses Jr graduated from the University of Chicago Medical School and went on to establish the first integrated hospital in Cleveland, Ohio.
References
- "Advance in Birmingham" (October 18, 1913) Indianapolis Recorder
- Beckford, Geraldine Rhoades (2013) Biographical Dictionary of American Physicians of African Ancestry, 1800-1920. Cherry Hill, New Jersey: Africana Homestead Legacy Publishers ISBN 1937622185