Madeline Stanton

Madeline Earle Stanton (June 9, 1898 – October 25, 1980) was a personal secretary to American neurosurgeon Harvey Cushing.

Before entering Cushing's service, she worked as a secretary to Agide Jacchia, the conductor of the Boston Pops Orchestra.

[2] Stanton began working for Cushing in 1920, during his time at Harvard and the Peter Bent Brigham Hospital in Boston.

In 1933, Stanton accompanied Cushing to New Haven, where he had accepted an appointment as Sterling Professor of Neurology at Yale.

On a trip to Britain and mainland Europe, Stanton helped Cushing complete his unfinished speeches and acted as a travel companion for his daughter Betsey.