Physician
Centurion, 1890–1920
Born 20 February 1858 in Albany, New York
Died 22 February 1920 in New York (Manhattan), New York
Buried Albany Rural Cemetery
, Menands, New York
Proposed by Henry G. Marquand and Alfred Van Santvoord
Elected 4 October 1890 at age thirty-two
Archivist’s Note: Son of S. Oakley Van der Poel; brother of S. Oakley Van der Poel Jr.; nephew of Aaron J. Van der Poel
Century Memorial
Dr. John Van der Poel had achieved high distinction in his branch of medical practice. Always a New Yorker and identified with many New York institutions and clubs, he had studied long at Berlin, Dresden, and Vienna, and in 1915 served with the Army Medical Corps at the Compiègne hospital.
Alexander Dana Noyes
1921 Century Association Yearbook