Background
Ossenfort, William Frederick was born on October 17, 1898 in Centaur, Missouri, United States. Son of Charles Henry and Caroline (Lenz) Ossenfort.
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William Frederick Ossenfort
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Bachelor of Science in Education, Southeast Missouri State Teachers College, 1921. Student, University Missouri, 1923. Doctor of Medicine cum laude, Washington University, St. Louis, 1928.
Career
School teacher, Allenton, Missouri, 1917-1918;
high school principal, Crystal City, Missoury, 1919-1920;
high school principal, Charleston, Missouri, 1921-1924;
instructor, Will Mayfield College, 1924, 25;
assistant surgeon, United States Public Health Service, 1928-1931;
passed assistant surgeon, United States Public Health Service, 1931-1940;
surgeon, United States Public Health Service, 1940-1942;
assistant surgeon general in charge, Division Marine Hospitals & Relief, Washington, 1942-1944;
chief, Division Commissioned Officer of Office of Surgeon General, 1944-1946;
chief medical officer, United States Merchant Marine Academy, Kings Point, New York, 1948-1950. Chief quarantine officer Panama Canal, 1950-1952. Director Hospital FacilitiesProgram, Dallas, 1952-1962.
Private practice medicine, from 1963.
Achievements
Membership
With United States Army, 1918. Member American Medical Association, American College of Physicians, Southern Medical Association, American Psychiatric Association, Texas Medical Association, Sigma Xi, others M C.
Connections
Married Violet Marie Benson, June 20, 1928. 1 child, William Frederick.
