Theodore Foster Riggs

Background

Riggs, Theodore Foster was born on July 7, 1874 in Hope Station, Dakota Ty. Son of Thomas Lawrence and Cornelia Margaret (Foster) Riggs.

Education

Bachelor of Arts, Beloit (Wisconsin) College, 1898, Doctor of Laws, 1946. Doctor of Medicine Johns Hopkins, 1903. House officer Johns Hopkins Hospital, 1903-1904, Union Protestant Infirmary, Baltimore, 1904-1907.

Studied Berlin and Berne, 1908.

Career

Private assistant to Doctor Arthur West. Elting, Albany, New York, 1908. In practice at Pierre, South Dakot, since 1909.

Achievements

• Theodore Foster Riggs has been listed as a noteworthy surgeon by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Fellow American College Surgeons, Western Surgical Association, American Board of Surgery. Member South Dakot State Medical Association, American Medical Association, Newcomen Society, Sigma Chirurgical Mason ( Knights Templar, Shriner), Elk.

Connections

Married Ida R. Smith, Chester, Nova Scoti, January 1, 1914 (died February 5, 1915). Married second, Katharine Z. Cugle, Baltimore, September 3, 1916. Children: Thomas Lawrence II, Foster Logie.

Father:

Thomas Lawrence Riggs

Mother:

Cornelia Margaret (Foster) Riggs

Spouse:

Katharine Z. Cugle

Spouse:

Ida R. Smith

child:

Thomas Lawrence II Riggs

child:

Foster Logie Riggs