Background
Trowbridge, Elisabeth Ward was born on September 4, 1906 in Newark. Daughter of William Rankin and Jennie (Prentiss) Ward.
Trowbridge, Elisabeth Ward was born on September 4, 1906 in Newark. Daughter of William Rankin and Jennie (Prentiss) Ward.
AB, Mount Holyoke College, 1928. Doctor of Medicine, Medical College Pennsylvania, 1932.
Intern, Newark City Hospital, 1933-1935; private practice, Newark and East Orange, New Jersey, 1932-1959; gynecologist, Cleveland Clinic, 1959-1962; resident, Cleveland Clinic, 1962-1965; medical director, St. Anthony Center, Houston, 1968-1972; private practice, Houston, 1971-1974; director, Breast Cancer Detection Center, Mount State Tumor Institute, Boise, Idaho., 1974-1982; vice president, Klamath Speach & Hearing, Klamath Falls, Oregon, since 1989.
Chairman family and children's division Welfare Federation, Newark, 1953-1957, trustee, 1955-1959. Trustee Planned Parenthood, Boise, 1982-1985. Volunteer Klamath Hospice, Merle West Hospital Cancer Treatment Center, Klamath Falls, since 1989.
Member American Medical Women Association, American Fertility Society.
Married Frederick L. Trowbridge, May 20, 1939. Children: Joan Trowbridge Wayland, Frederick L., John F.