Edward Balthasar Heckel

Background

Heckel, Edward Balthasar was born on January 30, 1865 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of John G. and Mary E. (Koch) Heckel.

Education

Bachelor of Arts, Allegheny College, 1887, Master of Arts, 1889, Doctor of Science, 1930. Doctor of Medicine Bellevue Hospital Medical College, New York, 1890. Post-graduate work New York Polyclinic.

Career

Ophthalmologist, Allegheny General Hospital, and for Pennsylvania Railroad, Carnegie Steel Company, and United States Pension Bureau Trustee Allegheny College. Trustee American Medical Association, 1925-1932, Chairman of the Board, since 1925, chairman of the section on ophthalmology, 1929. Member board of managers Allegheny Company Industrial and Tr.

School for Boys.

President Pittsburgh Academy Medicine, 1898, Pittsburgh Ophthalmological Society, since 1912. President Allegheny County Medical Society, 1905. President Medical Society State Pennsylvania, 1913-1915.

Fellow American College Surgeons.

Home: Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Achievements

• Edward Balthasar Heckel has been listed as a noteworthy ophthalmologist by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Member board of managers Allegheny Company Industrial and Tr. School for Boys. President Pittsburgh Academy Medicine, 1898, Pittsburgh Ophthalmological Society, since 1912.

Connections

Married Matilda Lautner, November 21, 1894. Children: Josephine L. (Mistress J. V. Kimerer), Mary F. (Mistress H. A. Sipe).

Father:

John G. Heckel

Mother:

Mary East. (Koch) Heckel

Spouse:

Matilda Lautner

child:

Mary F. Heckel (Mistress H. A. Sipe)

child:

Josephine L. Heckel (Mistress J. V. Kimerer)