Curphey was elected Nassau County medical examiner on December 15 , 1937 by the Nassau County Board of Supervisors . Prior to becoming county medical examiner , Curphey had worked as a pathologist at St. John 's Hospital in Brooklyn and Meadowbrook Hospital in East Meadow , New York . As Nassau County 's Chief Medical Examiner he oversaw the autopsies of Robert L. Bacon , Janet Fay , Owen Davis , Jr. , and William Woodward , Jr. . He also worked with the FBI to identify the fatalities of Northeast Airlines Flight 823 . While working as Nassau County Medical Examiner , Curphey also served as the Chairman of the New York State Medical Society 's Public Health and Education Committee , President of the Nassau County Medical Society , and Chairman of the Nassau County Committee of the American Cancer Society
Northeast Airlines Flight 823
Northeast Airlines Flight 823
Theodore Curphey