J. GORDON MACKAY, M .D. C. M. (excerpts)

Dr. Mackay is among the successful and prominent surgeons of Placer County. A native of Ontario, born April 6, 1878 of American parents. . . .He prepared for the university at Albert and Woodstock Colleges and was graduated from Trinity University in Toronto, in the class of 1901, receiving the coveted M.D.C. M degree. . . Continuing his studies and research work, the doctor took a postgraduate course in surgery at the Chicago Post Graduate Medical College in 1902. Deciding to locate on the Pacific Coast, he came to California in 1903, selecting Placer County. . . He practiced three years at Towle, and for the following seven years, he was a successful surgeon at Truckee and while there served as surgeon for the Southern Pacific Railroad, and chief surgeon for Lake Tahoe railroad and Transportation Company for ten years. . . For the past ten years he has been county physician for Placer County. . .Dr. Mackay was married . . .to Miss Margaret Marzen a native of Truckee . . he is ex-president of the Placer County Medical Association.