Carey, Charles Henry. "History of Oregon." Vol. 2. Chicago-Portland: Pioneer Historical Pub. Co., 1922. p. 188. ARTHUR VAN DUSEN, M. D. Dr. Arthur Van Dusen, a leading physician of Astoria, was born in the place of his present residence on the 7th of December, 1886. He is a descendant of a fine old Dutch family, his grandfather having been Adam Van Dusen, who settled in New York state in the days of Heinrich Hudson and who crossed the plains by ox team in 1849 on his way to Astoria to join friends who had settled in the fur trading post established by another member of the New York Dutch colony at Astoria. Adam Van Dusen engaged as a merchant at the Astor trading post long before the city of Astoria became a reality. A son of Adam Van Dusen was Brenham Van Dusen, who was born in Astoria and still resides there, one of the city's most highly respected citizens. He married Fannie L. Dickinson, a member of a family of Virginia planters her immediate ancestors coming to Oregon in the early days. Among the children born of this union was Arthur Van Dusen, whose name initiates this review. Dr. Arthur Van Dusen received his preliminary education in the grade and high schools of Astoria and in due time entered the University of Oregon, from which he was graduated in 1910. Upon deciding on a medical career he attended the Northwestern Medical College at Chicago, receiving his diploma to 1914. His first professional experience was obtained in the Mercy Hospital of Chicago, where he remained for eighteen months under the late Dr. John B. Murphy, one of America's eminent surgeons. In 1916 Dr. Van Dusen returned to his home in Astoria and opening an office was soon enjoying an excellent practice, which was interrupted by the outbreak of the World war. Dr Van Dusen volunteered as surgeon in the United States navy and served with the commission of senior lieutenant. For twenty months he was chief surgeon at the Bremerton (Wash.) Navy Yard and this, with a cruise as surgeon of the United States Battleship Idaho, served as a postgraduate course. At the end of the war he returned to Astoria and resumed his practice, which has grown to extensive proportions. Although the practice of Dr. Van Dusen is general, the greater percentage of his work is surgery. Dr. Van Dusen has never married. Fraternally Dr. Van Dusen is a Mason, having attained the thirty-second degree of the Scottish Rite and is also a Noble of the Mystic Shrine, and belongs to the Elks. In the Greek letter fraternities he is a member of Sigma Nu, a literary fraternity, and of Nu Sigma Nu, a medical fraternity. In civic affairs he takes a prominent part, being a member of the Chamber of Commerce and being appreciative of the social amenities of life he is identified with many of the important clubs and social organizations of the city. In the line of his profession, Dr. Van Dusen is a member of the Clatsop County Medical Society, the Oregon Medical Society and the American Medical Association. Dr. Van Dusen is popular both in and out of the profession and is a man any community would be proud to claim as a citizen. ******************* Submitted to the Oregon Bios. Project in January 2010 by Diana Smith. Submitter has no additional information about the person(s) or family mentioned above.