Background
Schaeffer, Robert L. was born on December 23, 1881 in Fleetwood, Berkshire County, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of George S. and Catharine M. (Leibelsberger) Schaeffer.
Schaeffer, Robert L. was born on December 23, 1881 in Fleetwood, Berkshire County, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of George S. and Catharine M. (Leibelsberger) Schaeffer.
Educated Keystone State Normal School, 1898-1901. Bachelor of Arts, Franklin and Marshall College, 1904, Doctor of Science, 1943. M.D, University of Pennsylvania, 1908.
Doctor of Science, Muhlenberg College, Allentown, Pennsylvania, 1947.
Began as interne Allentown (Pennsylvania) Hospital, 1908, anesthetist, 1909-1914, assistant surgeon, 1914-1923, surgeon in chief, 1923-1960, chief of staff Surgeon for Central Railroad Company, Reading Railroad Company. Director First National Bank, Allentown, Trustee Allentown Hospital.
Franklin and Marshall College, Cedar Crest College.
Fellow American College Surgeons. Member of the American Medical Association, Medical Society of State of Pennsylvania (president 1955-1956), American Board of Surgery, Chamber of Commerce (vice president). Member Allentown Pennsylvania.
Married Millie Louise Ochs, November 30, 1914. Children: Frances Clara, Robert L., Charles David.