2 T HE: ALUCD U BONS Ul Eee 
Or. Alfred Demy, 1873—1958 
By Dr. R. M. STRONG 
Dr. ALFRED LEWy, a member of the 
board of directors of the Illinois 
Audubon Society for over twenty 
years, died December 14, 1958, at 
the age of 85. He was born in 
Wetumpka, Alabama on April 7, 
1873. The family moved to Chicago 
in 1880 and then to Iowa in 1883, 
returning to Chicago in 1887, 
where Dr. Lewy spent the rest of 
his life. He was graduated from 
the Chicago Homeopathic Medical 
College in 1897 and from Rush 
Medical College in 1898. Dr. Lewy 
engaged in general medical prac- 
tice for ten years and then went to 
Berlin, Germany, for six months of 
graduate work in otorhinolaryn- 
gology in 1908. He then returned to Chicago for practice in this specialty 
until a few months before his death. 
Dr. Lewy became an assistant city physician in 1901, and he held this 
position until the time of his death. He is said to have had the longest serv- 
ice of any Chicago employee. In an obituary article in the Chicago Daily 
News on December 15, 1958, he was cited as the dean of Chicago ear, nose, 
and throat specialists. About ten years ago, he was awarded a silver cane by 
the Chicago Laryngological and Otological Society for being the oldest 
practitioner in this specialty in Chicago. He was for many years on the 
staffs of the Cook County, Mount Sinai, and Chicago Memorial Hospitals, 
and he was the author of many articles on medical subjects, including re- 
views of articles in foreign medical journals. Dr. Lewy had been a member 
of a number of medical societies, including two national societies in his 
specialty, and he had been a vice-president of the American Laryngeal, 
Rhinological and Otological Society. 
Dr. Lewy was a charter member of the Chicago Ornithological Society, 
founded in 1912, and he had been a president of this group. He had been 
an active member of the Wilson Ornithological Society since 1915. He was 
a member of the Conservation Council for a number of years until his 
death, as the delegate from the Chicago Ornithological Society, of which 
he was conservation chairman. He was also a member of the Wild Flower 
Preservation Society, Illinois Chapter, and of the City Club. He was also 
a member of a committee in 1935 that promoted the establishment of a 
bird sanctuary in Jackson Park. This was dedicated in April, 1936, but 
has been lost recently. For a number of years it was a great success. Dr. 
Lewy was also much interested in national conservation matters. 
Dr. Lewy had a keen interest from childhood in nature in general, having 
