Hugh Toland

Hugh Huger Toland (April 16, 1806 – February 27, 1880) was a South Carolina surgeon who founded the Toland Medical College, which later became the University of California, San Francisco.[1]

Hugh H. Toland
Born	April 16, 1806 Newberry County, South Carolina
Died	February 27, 1880 (aged 73) San Francisco, California
Alma mater	Transylvania Medical College
Occupation	Surgeon
Years active	1832–1880
Known for	Founder of the University of California, San Francisco

He received his medical degree from Transylvania Medical College. After practicing medicine in Columbia, South Carolina, he arrived in San Francisco with his wife in 1851. He was one of the most successful surgeons in California.[2]

In 1864 he established Toland Medical College, building a headquarters at the corner of Stockton and Francisco, across from the San Francisco City and County Hospital. Most of the faculty and students transferred from the earlier Cooper Medical College, which had closed after the death of its founder, Elias Samuel Cooper. The first class graduated in 1865. By 1870, the school had a class of thirty students and forty-five alumni.

That year, Toland sought to affiliate the school to the recently created University of California.[3] In March 1873, the school became the Medical Department of the University of California.[4] Initially, he fought to keep his name in the institution, but he eventually gave in, feeling that a public institution should not bear the name of a private person.[5] He died of a stroke at age 74.[1]

Legacy

The main lecture hall at UCSF bears his name.[5] The same lecture hall features many murals, some depicting Hugh Toland himself.[6]

Brown and Toland Physicians, a Bay Area medical group, is named after Toland and Charlotte Blake Brown.[7]

References

1. "People: Hugh Huger Toland". A History of UCSF. University of California, San Francisco. Retrieved 4 July 2017.
2. "Hugh H Toland". FindAGrave. March 29, 2012. Retrieved 4 July 2017.
3. "1868–1898 The Origins of the University of California and Affiliated Colleges". A History of UCSF. University of California, San Francisco. Retrieved 4 July 2017.
4. "History of the UCSF Department of Surgery". Naffziger Surgical Society. Retrieved 4 July 2017.
5. Heilig, Steve (April 2, 2015). "Please don't change San Francisco General's name". San Francisco Chronicle. Retrieved 4 July 2017.
6. Nolte, Carl (February 28, 2015). "UCSF to let public see trove of medical history murals". San Francisco Chronicle. Retrieved 4 July 2017.
7. "Mission and History". Brown & Toland Physicians. Retrieved 4 July 2017.

External links

• Biography at UCSF