Dr. Alexander Butler Nixon's Silk Hat
Alexander Butler Nixon, MD, 1820-1889. Dr Nixon came overland to California arriving in August, 1849. He was President of the California State Medical Society and made the final decision permitting admission of women physicians to the Society. He had a material influence on California, medically, politically and socially. Tall, and with erect carriage, he was usually dressed in a silk hat and Prince Albert coat.