Braden, Henry English, III, Dr. (1919-1994)
Dates
- Existence: 1919-1994
Biographical Note
Dr. Henry E. Braden, III, physician, politician, business man, civil rights leader, and Chief of Staff at Flint-Goodridge Hospital in New Orleans, Louisiana.
Henry E. Braden, III was born in 1919 in New Orleans, Louisiana. He attended Gilbert Academy and Xavier University, both in New Orleans before receiving his medical degree from Meharry Medical College in Nashville, Tennessee, in 1944. He served in the military as part of the medical corps and later became President of the Louisiana State Medical Association and Chair of the Tulane Medical Center Board of Governors. Among his accomplishments, Dr. Braden served as the first African American member of the Orleans Parish Medical Society, Chief of Staff at Flint-Goodridge Hospital, a board member for both New Orleans Charity Hospital and Tulane University, and member of several Carnival organizations, including Rex and the Knights of Babylon. He was also active in the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP), the New Orleans Opera Association, and a board member of the Amistad Research Center. In 1974, the Institute for Human Understanding named Dr. Braden one of their "Ten Outstanding Men" and in 1976 he served as a Presidential Elector for the State of Louisiana. He died in 1994.