Background
Bargen, J. Arnold was born on October 25, 1894 in Mountain Lake, Minnesota, United States. Son of Jacob I. and Anna J. (Balzer) Bargen.
Bargen, J. Arnold was born on October 25, 1894 in Mountain Lake, Minnesota, United States. Son of Jacob I. and Anna J. (Balzer) Bargen.
Student Carleton College, 1915-1917. Bachelor of Science, University of Chicago, 1918. Doctor of Medicine Rush Medical College, 1921.
Master of Science in Medicine, Mayo Foundation, 1927.
Borland fellow medicine Saint Luke’s Hospital, Chicago, 1922-1923. 1st assistant in medicine Mayo Foundation, 1923-1927, assistant professor 1927-1929, associate professor 1929-1948, professor, 1948-1976. Consultant medicine Mayo Clinic, department chairman gastroenterology, 1942-1960, president staff, 1956-1960, head section gastroenterology Scott-White Clinic, Temple, Texas, also chairman postgraduate training program in gastroenterology.
Director medical education Scott-White Memorial Hospital, Scott-Sherwood-Brindly Foundation.
Medical consultant Doctor of Medicine Anderson Cancer Institute, Houston. Consultant gastroenterology Lackland Air Force Base, San Antonio.
Clinical professor medicine University of California at Irvine, 1968-1976. Medical advisory board Sears Roebuck Medical Foundation.
Judge National Science Fair, 1961, 63-65.
Member Library Board Rochester, Minnesota Board Medical Examiners (president 1954-1955).
Member Library Board Rochester, Minnesota Board Medical Examiners (president 1954-1955). Member Medical Enlisted Reserve Corps, World War I. Fellow American College of Physicians.
Member of the American Medical Association (Minnesota delegate house delegations 1948-1959.
Married C. Ruth Burns, August 27, 1921. Children: Robert Burns, Terese Ann, Loretta Mae, Cornelia Marie, Ruth Jacqueline (deceased).