The Tri-State Hospital Years
The Tri-State Hospital Years
The Tri-State Hospital Years
The Tri-State Hospital Years
The Tri-State Hospital Years
The Tri-State Hospital Years
The years following the change from Tri-State Sanitarium to Tri-State Hospital in 1929 were filled with challenges and opportunities for Drs. Willis and Knighton along with other Tri-State physicians and surgeons. First came the Great Depression of the 1930 and then the War Years of the 1940s. Many younger doctors served in the military while the older ones were fighting the battle on the home front. Their biographies are the history of their Time and Willis-Knighton Health Systems very earliest years.
Dr. Thomas Glass
Description
Dr. Thomas A. Glass was born in Minden, Louisiana. His family was one of Minden’s founders and and he attended his early schooling at Minden grammar and high school. He went to Tulane University and graduated with an MS degree in 1934 and continued on to get his medical degree there in 1937.
He interned at Tri-State Hospital in Shreveport and later completed his residency at Touro Infirmary in New Orleans. Like many doctors of his generation, Glass served in World War Two from 1942 to 1946 leaving the service as a lieutenant commander in the United States Navy.
Dr. Glass returned to Shreveport to resume his practice at Tri-State Hospital, later Willis- Knighton Memorial. For the next sixty years, Glass would specialize in obstetrics and gynecology and delivering literally thousands of babies in in Shreveport. Later, he became associated with Dr. J. Dudley Talbot, another Tri-State “alum”. He passed away in 2003 at the age of 89.
Location in Museum
Talbot Museum Digital ArchiveAge
Mid-20th Century
