C. A. L. Reed

Charles A. L. Reed (1856-1928) was an American medical doctor. He served as president of the American Medical Association from 1901 to 1902.

History Charles Alfred L. Reed was born in Wolf Lake, Indiana, in 1856, the second son of Dr. Richard Cumming Stockton Reed and Nancy (Clark) Reed. His medical education was received in the Cincinnati College of Medicine and Surgery, in which institution his father held the professorship of materia medica and therapeutics. He later served as chairman of a committee on medical legislation within the AMA, circa 1905–1909. He was also a lecturer and promoter of public health initiatives and professor emeritus of the medical faculty at the University of Cincinnati.

Reed was a prolific author of monographs and journal articles.

He was married to the former Irene E. Dougherty. The couple had two children.