In Memoriam
Summer 1925 Obituaries
IVO SHANDOR, MD, AIA, class of 1912, died July 2 in New York City following a months-long illness. He was forty-one. A man of many talents, he earned his undergraduate degree from Miskatonic in 1906 and stayed on there to achieve his MD and a degree in architecture simultaneously before completing an internship and residency at Tufts.
He served as a medical officer in the Canadian Army during the Great War, making many striking advances in the realm of battlefield surgery. Upon retirement from military service, he turned to a peacetime career in architecture, winning great renown for his design of several revolutionary New York City apartment buildings. His fascination with Theosophy and his discussions in philosophical circles were unrivalled in New York City. His tragic collapse on March 22nd resulted in his admittance to Manhattan State Hospital, where he remained until his passing. Shandor was a lifelong bachelor, but leaves behind a significant circle of friends and acquaintances in the Theosophist movement.
Summer 1925 Obituaries
IVO SHANDOR, MD, AIA, class of 1912, died July 2 in New York City following a months-long illness. He was forty-one. A man of many talents, he earned his undergraduate degree from Miskatonic in 1906 and stayed on there to achieve his MD and a degree in architecture simultaneously before completing an internship and residency at Tufts.
He served as a medical officer in the Canadian Army during the Great War, making many striking advances in the realm of battlefield surgery. Upon retirement from military service, he turned to a peacetime career in architecture, winning great renown for his design of several revolutionary New York City apartment buildings. His fascination with Theosophy and his discussions in philosophical circles were unrivalled in New York City. His tragic collapse on March 22nd resulted in his admittance to Manhattan State Hospital, where he remained until his passing. Shandor was a lifelong bachelor, but leaves behind a significant circle of friends and acquaintances in the Theosophist movement.