Thomas Roy Gittins, 1927 bio

GITTINS, BEATON, SEATON, PUGH, NAFTZGER

Posted By: Stephen D. Williams (email)
Date: 11/23/2004 at 17:36:23

The History of Northwestern Iowa
Volume 3, Pages 1119-1120

THOMAS ROY GITTINS, M. D.

Dr. Thomas Roy Gittins, of Drs. Naftzger and Gittins, was born March 10, 1891, in Williamsburg, Iowa. His father, Thomas E. Gittins, was a native of Wisconsin. He made his home at Williamsburg, Iowa, for many years, and there passed away in 1917. He is survived by the mother, Mary E. (Pugh) Gittins, who was born in Iowa and still resides in Williamsburg.

Dr. Gittins was reared in his native town and in 1909 was graduated from the Williamsburg high school. He then entered the University of Iowa, in which he was a student until 1915, covering a period of six years, and received the degrees of B. S., M. S. and M. D. He also had the benefit of two years' practical experience in the University Hospital at Iowa City and in 1917 enlisted in the United States army, becoming a first lieutenant in the medical corps. He spent eleven months overseas and in July, 1919, was honorably discharged, at which time he was holding the rank of captain. He located at Sioux City and in January, 1924, formed a partnership with Dr. J. B. Naftzger, a sketch of whom is published elsewhere in this volume. They have since been associated and have built up an extensive practice as specialists in diseases of the eye, ear, nose and throat, excelling in these branches of medical science.

In September, 1920, Dr. Gittins married Miss Eunice Beaton [s/b Seaton] and they now have a daughter, Jeanne, born June 11, 1925. He enjoys outdoor life and is a devotee of golf. He is connected with the Sioux City Country Club, the Benevolent Protective Order of Elks, the American Legion and the Sigma Alpha Epsilon and No Sigma Nu college fraternities. He is a member of the Woodbury County, Iowa State and Sioux Valley Medical Societies, the American Medical Association, the American Triological Society, the American Academy of Ophthalmology & Otology and the American College of Surgeons. Dr. Gittins is a young man of substantial worth, a student of the highest order and a valuable addition to the medical fraternity of Sioux City.

Source info:
Northwestern Iowa : its history and traditions, 1804-1926: comprising the counties of Woodbury, Monona, Plymouth, Cherokee, O'Brien, Sioux, Lyon, Osceola, Sac, Buena Vista, Clay, Dickinson, Emmet, Palo Alto, Pocahontas, Calhoun, Ida, Crawford, Carroll and Greene.

Author, Allen, Arthur Francis, Published by S.J. Clarke Pub. Co., Chicago, 1927, 3 v.: illistrated, portraits.

[transcribed by, and bracketed comments by Stephen D. Williams. related to subject via Pugh family]