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Dr. George E. Corwin, 279 Capitol Ave., died at Hartford Hospital Monday.
Dr. Corwin was chiefly responsible for
stamping out tuberculosis in the dairy herds of Connecticut, making milk safe to drink. He was a veterinarian and served the
state and the city of Hartford in various capacities during much of his life.
He was born in Bellport, L.I., Jan.
1, 1879, and studied at Ontario Veterinary College and the U.S. Veterinary College, Washington D.C. He practiced in Virginia
and Canaan before coming to Hartford in 1915 to join the Hartford Veterinary Hospital.
His clients included many
large stables, including the Bryant and Chapman Company and the Adams Express Company. He became deputy commissioner of domestic
animals for the state of Connecticut in 1921, serving eight years, and was appointed again in 1933. From 1930 to 1933 he was
assistant director of the Massachusetts Division of Animal Industry.
From 1941 to 1947, Dr. Corwin was Hartford's
city meat inspector. He retired in 1949.
Dr. Corwin was a campaigner for the passage of Connecticut's state meat
inspection laws. It was at his suggestion that the state recognized antirabies injections for animals. His work for the control
of Bang's disease in cattle won national attention.
During his early years in the state's service he often had to
have police protection when he called on farmers to inspect their herds; in those relatively unlightened days he was threatened
by farmers whose herds were infected.
He was a skilled judge of horses, and officiated many times at horse shows.
He was a former president of the Connecticut Canary Breeders Association. He served five terms as president of the New England
Livestock Sanitary Commission and was vice president of the U.S. Livestock Sanitary Association.
He leaves a son,
Loxla L. Corwin of Belmont, Mass.; three daughters, Mrs. Richard C. Henderson of Wethersfield, Mrs. Laura C. Bill of Hartford
and Mrs. Palmer H. Southworth of West Hartford; a brother out of state and six grandchildren.
The funeral and burial
will take place in Bellport, L.I., Cemetery on Saturday.
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