Background
Schmidt, Erwin Rudolph was born on December 19, 1890 in Alma, Wisconsin, United States. Son of George and Lina (Ochsner) Schmidt.
Schmidt, Erwin Rudolph was born on December 19, 1890 in Alma, Wisconsin, United States. Son of George and Lina (Ochsner) Schmidt.
Bachelor of Arts, University of Wisconsin, 1913. Doctor of Medicine Washington University Medical School, 1916.
Intern, Barnes Hospital, Saint Louis, Missouri, 1916-1917. Surgical assistant Augustana Hospital, Chicago, 1917 and 1919-1921, on surgical staff, 1925-1926. Exchange assistant Maria Hospital, Stockholm, Sweden, 1921-1922, University of Frankfurt, Germany, 1922-1923.
In practice at Billings, Montana, 1923-1925.
Professor of surgery. University of Wisconsin Medical school and chief surgeon Wisconsin U. Hospitals, since 1926.
Served as captain Medical Reserve corpus, United States army, World War. Fellow of American College of Surgeons. Fellow in American Branch of International Society of Surgical.
Member of the American Medical Association, American Surgical Association, American Association Traumatic Surgery, Western Surgical Association, American Society University professors, Wisconsin State and Dane County medical societies, Wisconsin Academy of Science, Arts and Letters, Wisconsin State History Society, Central Surgical Association, Minnesota (honorary), Wisconsin Surgical Societies, Swiss-American History Society, Terre Haute Academy of Medicine (honorary), Chi Phi, Nu Sigma Nu, Sigma Sigma, Alpha Omega Alpha, Sigma Xi, Phi Kappa Phi.
Club: University.
Married Mary Adelaide Newlove, May 7, 1919. Children: Erwin Rudolph, Mary Allison, Margot Ochsner, Courtland Mercer.