Swift, Dr. Frederick J.

SWIFT

Posted By: Ken Wright (email)
Date: 11/5/2007 at 11:28:42

Swift, Frederick J:

Iowa Press Association Who’s Who in Iowa 1940. Jackson County Section by Helen O. Stoddard.

Swift, Frederick J: Physician & Surgeon; born Maquoketa, Iowa, March 9, 1883; son of James Swift-Fredericka Braun; education Maquoketa High School; University of Illinois, MD 1904; graduate work Philadelphia Polyclinic, Chicago Polyclinic, Harvard School of Public Health, Vanderbilt University; married Blanche Campbell, February 14, 1911, Maquoketa; son Frederick J Jr.; daughters Regina (Mrs. Blair Sagers), Anna, Suzanne; 1904-05 intern, Frisco RR Hospital, Springfield Illinois; 1905-12 practiced medicine, Baldwin, 1912-15 Sabula, 1915-33 Maquoketa, 1919- Maquoketa; 1933-35 Iowa State representative; 1933-36 deputy state commissioner of public health; 1921-31 mayor, Maquoketa; 1936 commandant of Iowa State Soldiers Home, Marshalltown; during World War enlisted in US army medical corps 1st lieutenant in 1917, served in AEF 10 months major, discharged Camp Dix New Jersey, June 1919; holds rank of lieutenant colonel in US army medical resident; American Legion post 75; VFW; Jackson County & Iowa State Medical Societies; AMA; Iowa State Horticultural Society; AF&AM 36; Congressional Church; Democrat; hobby; horticultural; office 128 ½ Main; residence 406 S 2nd, Maquoketa.