William Niles Wishard

Background

Wishard, William Niles was born on October 10, 1851 in Greenwood, Indiana, United States. Son of William Henry (Doctor of Medicine and Harriet Newell (Moreland) W.

Education

Student Wabash College, Crawfordsville, Indiana, 1870-1872, honorary Master of Arts, 1890. Doctor of Medicine Indiana Medical College, 1874, Miami Medical College, 1876. Postgraduate work in New York and hospitals of Europe.

Doctor of Laws, Wooster, 1919.

Doctor of Laws, Indiana University, 1924. Doctor of Science, De Pauw University, 1929, Hanover College, 1933.

Career

Niles, Doctor of Medicine Review Charles South. Practiced with father in Indianapolis, superintendent Indianapolis City Hospital, 1879-1887 (secured erection of new hospital and first training school for nurses in Indiana). Professor genito-urinary surgery, Indiana U. School of Medicine, 1887-1936, professor emeritus, since 1936. Surgeon general Indiana National Guard, 1890-1892, rank of colonel Chairman commission on medical legislation public policy of Indiana State Medical Society, 1900-1922, and chairman bureau of publicity, since 1922.

Author of law governing practice of medicine in Indiana F.A.C.S.

Achievements

• William Niles Wishard has been listed as a noteworthy surgeon by Marquis Who's Who.

Connections

Married Alice M. Woollen, 1880 (died same year). Married second, Frances C. Scoville, 1896. Children: William

Father:

William Henry Wishard

Spouse:

Frances C. Scoville

Spouse:

Alice M. Woollen

child:

Wm Wishard