Eugene Dickerson
Dr. Eugene Dickerson (1877–1955) was a physician who practiced in Harrisonburg, Virginia, where he was noted as the only Black doctor in the city at the time. He was born in Charlottesville, Virginia, on August 1, 1877.
His parents were Wilson Dickerson and Fannie Dickerson, née Reeves. He attended Jefferson High School in Charlottesville for two years before enrolling at the Virginia Normal and Collegiate Institute in Petersburg. After completing preparatory studies, he earned an A.B. degree in 1896.
Dickerson received his M.D. from Leonard Medical College in Raleigh, North Carolina, in 1900. He later pursued postgraduate studies at Howard University, where he specialized in gynecology, and completed a twelve-month internship at Freedmen’s Hospital in Washington, D.C. He also held a medical student’s certificate issued by the Regents of the University of the State of New York.
He was affiliated with the Republican Party and served as a delegate to the Virginia State Republican Convention in Roanoke in 1920. He was a member of the Baptist Church and belonged to the Knights of Pythias and the Freemasons. During World War I, he volunteered for service in the Medical Reserve Corps (M.R.C.).
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