HOFMANN, W P
Physician & Surgeon; b Johnson Co, Iowa Mar 4, 1893; s of Martin Hofmann-Florence Schneider; ed St Peters HS, Cosgrove; Creighton u,. Omaha Neb 1911-12; U of Iowa, BSc 1914, MD 1918; Phi Rho Sigma; grad work in eye, ear, nose & throat at New York Eye & Ear Infirmary; m Marie Burnette May 18, 1926 Davenport; s William Ronald, Robert James; d Mary Joanne; 1918-19 interne Montreal Gen Hosp, Montreal Canada; 1920-24 ptr of Dr C D Martin, eye, ear, nose & throat specialist; 1924- eye, ear, nose & throat specialist, Davenport; staff mbr Mercy & St Lukes Hosps, past pres Mercy Hosp staff; 1939 designated as resident ophthalmologist for US employee's Compensation Commission; Scott Co, Mississippi Valley & Iowa St Med Sacs; AMA; Iowa Acad of Ophthalmology & Otolaryngology; Amer Acad of Ophthalmology & Otolaryngology; Outing Club; BPOE; hobbies golf, fishing; res 2540 Fulton Ave, Davenport.
This bio was extracted from the "Who's Who in Iowa," by Iowa Press Association, Des Moines: Iowa Press Association, 1940, pg. 1095.