Alfred Washington Adson (March 13, 1887 – November 12, 1951) was an American physician, military officer, and surgeon.
He was associated with the development of the Section of Neurological Surgery which was first established at Mayo in 1919.
[4] He was a first lieutenant in the Medical Reserve Corps of the US Army in the First World War.
[5][8][4] He received in 1948 an honorary degree of Doctor of Science from the University of Nebraska and one from St Olaf College, Northfield, Minnesota.
[5][9] He was president of the Society of Neurological Surgeons in 1932 and 1933, of the Minnesota State Medical Association in 1937, the Minnesota State Board of Medical Examiners in 1938 and 1943, the Minnesota Neurological Society in 1941, and of the North Central Medical Conference in 1948.