William James Elser

Background

Elser, William James was born on November 28, 1872 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States. Son of John and Frances (Auer) Elser.

Education

Doctor of Medicine Bellevue Hospital Medical College, 1895. Post-graduate study, university of Berlin, Vienna and Gratz.

Career

Interne Bellevue Hospital Medical College, 1895-1897. Instructor pathology, Cornell Univercity Medical College, 1901-1906, assistant professor bacteriology and immunology, 1906-1909, professor, 1909-1932, professor applied pathology and bacteriology, 1932-1938, professor emeritus since 1938. Assistant pathologist New York Hospital, 1902-1905, director Division of laboratories, 1905-1932, director Central laboratories, 1932-1938, retired.

Consulting bacteriologist Grasslands Hospital, Valhalla, New York, since 1920.

Achievements

• William James Elser has been listed as a noteworthy pathologist, bacteriologist by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Served as pathologist and bacteriologist Base Hospital Northern 9, American Expeditionary Force, 1917. Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science. Member American Association Pathologists and Bacteriologists, Association Military Surgeons of the United States, New York Academy Medicine, Society for Experimental Biology and Medicine, New York City branch of Society American Bacteriologists, Harvey Society, New York Bacteriol.

Club, Phi Alpha Sigma.

Connections

Married Saturnina Beatrice Rodriquez, September 8, 1911. Children: Frances (Mistress John Pehle), John (deceased), Ramona.

Father:

John Elser

Mother:

Frances (Auer) Elser

Spouse:

Saturnina Beatrice Rodriquez

child:

John Elser (deceased)

child:

Ramona Elser

child:

Frances Elser (Mistress John Pehle)