William Ferdinand Petersen

Background

Petersen, William Ferdinand was born on March 25, 1887 in Chicago, Illinois, United States. Son of Eduard and Wilhelmina Joanna (Klockziem) Petersen.

Education

Student Armour Institute, 1904-1906. Bachelor of Science, University of Chicago, 1910. Doctor of Medicine Rush Medical College (University of Chicago), 1912.

Career

Instructor pathology, Vanderbilt University, 1913, assistant professor experimental medicine and pathology, 1914-1917. Associate in pathology and bacteriology, University of Illinois College of Medicine, 1919-1924, professor, 1924-1942. President Petersen Oven Company.

Achievements

• William Ferdinand Petersen has been listed as a noteworthy physician by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Served as private and First lieutenant with Medical Corps, United States Army, 1917-1919. Member American Medical Association, Institute of Medicine, Society Experimental Pathology, American Society Pathology and Bacteriology, Chicago Pathology Society, Chicago Society Internal Medicine, American Association Physical Anthropology.

Clubs: University, Chicago Literary (Chicago).

Connections

Married Alma Catherine Schmidt, September 16, 1919. Children: Eduard Schmidt, Conrad William, William Otto.

Father:

Eduard Petersen

Mother:

Wilhelmina Joanna (Klockziem) Petersen

Spouse:

Alma Catherine Schmidt

child:

William Otto Petersen

child:

Conrad William Petersen

child:

Eduard Schmidt Petersen