J. Daniel Willems

Background

Willems, J. Daniel was born on February 4, 1888 in Medora, Kansas, United States. Son of Klaas Dyck and Anna (Klaassen) Willems.

Education

Graduate, Center Young Men’s Christian Association Institute, Chicago, 1918; Bachelor of Science, University of Chicago, 1922; Doctor of Medicine, Rush Medical College, 1926.

Career

Intern St. Luke's Hospital, 1926-1928. In private practice, 1929. Associate Elmore Clinic, Seattle, 1929-1931.

Attending surgeon Seattle General Hospital and Harborview Hospital, 1930. Associate surgeon Illinois Manufacturers Mutual Casualty Association, Chicago, 1931-1933. In private practice, Chicago, 1933-1935.

Associate surgeon Lumbermens Mutual Casualty Company (Kemper insurance), Chicago, 1935-1940, medical director, 1940-1958, then consultant. Assistant anatomy Loyola University Medical School, 1924. Assistant in clinical surgery, Northwestern University Medical School, 1924, instructor clinical surgery, 1933-1938.

Attending surgeon Wesley Memorial Hospital, 1931-1937, Norwegian American Hospital, 1937-1941. Associate in surgery Cook County Hospital, 1933-1935.

Achievements

• J. Daniel Willems has been listed as a noteworthy physician, surgeon by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Enlisted in United States Naval Reserve, 1918. Served aboard United States Ship Arizona, 1918-1919. Fellow American College of Surgeons, American Medical Association, Industrial Medical Association.

Member American Industrial Hygiene Association, Chicago Society Industrial Medicine and Surgery (president 1945-1946), Illinois State and Chicago medical societies, Center States Society Industrial Medicine and Surgery, Tower Club, Masons, Phi Beta Kappa, Phi Chi.

Connections

Married Marian Hutchins, June 15, 1924.

Father:

Klaas Dyck Willems

Mother:

Anna (Klaassen) Willems

Spouse:

Marian Hutchins