35 East 68th Street New York, N.Y. 10021 Edward Kellogg Dunham, the son of Carroll Dunham and Harriet Kellogg Dunham, was born on September 8, 1860, in Newburgh, N.Y. Edward earned his medical degree from Harvard Medical School in 1886, then studied for a period at Koch's laboratory in Berlin where he discovered the "cholera-red" reaction. After returning to the United States, he worked for the Board of Health Commission in Boston and later became professor of pathology at the Bellevue Medical College of New York University. Dunham worked in U.S. Army hospitals during World War I, researching and treating meningitis cases; he became involved in treating soldiers infected with empyema (a lung disease related to pneumonia) and in 1918 was appointed chairman of the "Empyema Commission." After Edward's death his empyema research was published by his wife, Mary Dows Dunham, and several of his colleagues. In 1923, Mary gave an endowment to Harvard Medical School for the establishment of the "Edward Kellogg Dunham Lectures for the Promotion of the Medical Sciences." In 1893, Edward married Mary Dows, daughter of David Dows and Margaret Worcester Dows of Irvington, N.Y. David Dows headed the New York firm of David Dows and Company, one of the largest grain dealers in the country. Mary was stricken with polio as a child and was left partially disabled. She suffered from almost constant pain throughout her life, but nevertheless traveled extensively to the western U.S. and Europe before her marriage to Edward. Mary became interested in photography at a young age and was encouraged in her endeavors by artist Samuel Colman (Anne Lawrence Dunham's husband). Edward and Mary had two children: Theodora Dunham (1895-1983) and Edward Kellogg Dunham, Jr. (1901-1951). Soon after the birth of their daughter, Theodora, Edward and Mary moved from Litchfield, Connecticut, to New York City. In 1898, the Dunhams built an imposing cottage named "Keewaydin" that overlooked the steamboat landing in Seal Harbor, Maine. The Dunham town house in New York City, designed in the Beaux Arts style by Carrère & Hastings, was built from 1899-1901. Following Mrs. Dunham's death, the house was rented by banker William A. Read; later, it became the Phebe Warren House, a women's residence, and at some point the house was divided into 13 apartments. In the early 2000s, the house was renovated and restored as a single-family residence. The Dunham town house is within the Upper East Side Historic District, designated in 1981 by the New York City Landmarks Preservation Commission. Edward K. Dunham died suddenly of heart disease at his New York City residence on April 15, 1922. His funeral was held at St. James' Church on Madison Avenue. Mary Dows Dunham died in 1936. |
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