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IOWA
ITS HISTORY AND TRADITION
VOLUME III
1804-1926
J. W. SCHWARTZ
Dr. John W. Schwartz is one of the recent additions to the medical
fraternity in Sioux City and possesses all of the qualifications which make for success in the profession. He was born October 21, 1898, in Emerson, Nebraska, and his father, John Schwartz, was a native of Wisconsin. He was one of the trusted employees of the Chicago, St. Paul & Minneapolis Railroad Company, serving for twenty-five years as superintendent of buildings and bridges, and his demise occurred in 1905. His widow, Lucy E.(Evans)Schwartz, was born in Nebraska and still resides in Emerson.
Dr. Schwartz attended the public schools of his native town and his higher
education was received at the University of Nebraska, from which he won the M.
D. degree in June, 1922. He was connected with Emanuel Hospital at Omaha,
Nebraska, for a year and for a similar period was house physician at Mercy
Hospital of Sioux City, Iowa, thus gaining valuable experience. In June, 1923,
he opened an office in this city and in the intervening period has gained a
secure foothold in his profession. He is well versed in the fundamental
principles of medicine and surgery and correctly applies his knowledge to the
needs of his patients. He is a member of the staffs of the St. Joseph Mercy
Hospital, the Lutheran General Hospital, and the Methodist Hospital. In 1918,
when twenty years of age, he enlisted in the United States Medical Corps and
was stationed at Omaha, Nebraska, until the close of the World war, receiving
his honorable discharge in December, 1918.
On April 19, 1924, Dr. Schwartz married Miss Elizabeth Whiting, and they now
have a daughter, Elizabeth Suzanne, born January 19, 1925. Dr. Schwartz is
affiliated with the Congregational church and casts his ballot for the candidates of the republican party. He is a Mason, belonging to Tyrian Lodge, No. 103, F. & A. M., and Sioux City Consistory, A. A. S. R., and is also connected with the Benevolent Protective Order of Elks and the Highlanders. He belongs to the Elks Club, the Sioux City Country Club and the American Business Club. He is identified with the Delta Chi and Nu Sigma Nu college fraternities and is a charter member of Ryan-McEntaffer Post of the American Legion. His professional relations are with the Woodbury County and Inter-Stare Medical Societies, the American Medical Association and the Post Graduate Assembly of America. Dr. Schwartz is deeply interested in his work and through close study and unceasing effort is constantly broadening his scientific knowledge.
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