Background
Turck, Fenton Benedict was born on August 25, 1857 in Milwaukee. Son of J. Byron and Sarah A. (Ashby) Turck.
Turck, Fenton Benedict was born on August 25, 1857 in Milwaukee. Son of J. Byron and Sarah A. (Ashby) Turck.
Preparatory education Markham Academy, Milwaukee. Doctor of Medicine Chicago Medical College (Medical Department Northwestern University), 1891.
House surgeon, Alexian Brothers Hospital, Chicago, 1891-1892. Professor internal medicine, Post-Graduate Medical School, 1893. Lecturer Jefferson Medical College, Philadelphia, 1896, College Physicians and Surgical, Chicago, 1901-1902, University of Rome, Italy, 1906.
Admitted February 21, 1913, to practice in New York without examination by Board of Regents University State of New York, “because of having attained a position of eminence and authority in his profession”.
Director Research Laboratory Turck Foundation. Captain Reserve Medical Corps, United States of America.
Fellow New York Academy Medicine. Delaware International Medical Congress 5 times between 1894 and 1913. Devised instruments, including gyromele for exploration and scientific research in the alimentary tract, 1893.
Married Avis L. Paine, June 10, 1897. Children: Katherine Paine, Fenton Benedict.