Alfred Earnest Deacon, M.D., FRCS

1902 - 2004

Dr. Ihor I. Mayba
Department of Bone & Joint Surgery
Winnipeg, MB

Dr. Alfred E. Deacon passed away peacefully at Victoria Hospital on Thursday, February 19, 2004, in his 102^nd year, with Janet, his devoted wife of 72 years, holding his hand.

Dr. Deacon took his orthopaedic training at the Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota from 1932 -1935. He obtained a Master of Science from the University of Minnesota in 1935. He returned to Winnipeg and joined an orthopaedic clinic in the Medical Arts Building with Dr. W.A. Gardner and Dr. K.C. McGibbon. He was on the orthopaedic staff at Winnipeg Childrens Hospital and Grace Hospital in 1936 and Winnipeg General Hospital in 1940. He was surgeon to the Winnipeg Shriners Hospital from 1952 to 1968. He was Assistant Professor in orthopaedics at the University of Manitoba.

He was a founding member of the Winnipeg Orthopaedic Society in 1948 and was a long time member of the Canadian Medical Association, American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons, and a member of the Canadian Orthopaedic Association since 1947.

In 1968 he was given Senior Membership in the COA and Emeritus Membership in the AAOS. He retired from practice in 1968.

He will be greatly missed.