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Sea." Vol. 3.  S. J. Clarke Publishing Co., 1928.  p. 109.
 
FERDINAND HARTMAN DAMMASCH, M. D.

     Dr. Ferdinand Dammasch, honored because if his high attainments in the
healing art, as well as for his sterling qualities of character, was born in San
Francisco, California, in 1879, and is a son of Louis and Sarah Josephine
(Hartman) Dammasch, who were married in San Francisco in 1879. His father first
came to Portland with the Jennie Winton Opera Company in 1878 and was the first
leading tenor ever to appear in this city. In 1883 he established his permanent
residence in Portland and here spent his remaining years. He was a member of
Portland Lodge, B. P. 0. E., holding card No. 1. He is survived by his widow,
who still resides in this city.
     Ferdinand H. Dammasch attended the public schools of Portland, graduating
from high school, and then went to Philadelphia, where he studied dentistry.
Later he decided to devote his life to the medical profession, to which end he
entered the medical school of Temple University, in Philadelphia, from which he
received the M. D. degree. He served as interne in the Samaritan Hospital in
that city and also took a postgraduate course in New York city. For the past
twenty-three years he has been engaged in the general practice of medicine in
Portland and is a member of the medical staff of St. Vincent's Hospital, while
during the administration of Mayor Joseph Simon he served as chief deputy health
officer. In 1914 he was chiefly responsible for the establishing of a public
morgue in Portland. In 191G Dr. Dammasch was elected coroner of Multnomah
county, serving until 1917, when he resigned in order to enlist in the Medical
Corps of the United States Army. He was promoted to the rank of major, and now
holds a commission as lieutenant-colonel in the United States Medical Reserves.
     In 1904, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Dr. Dammasch was united in
marriage to Miss Nellie Cascaders and they now have three children; Louis,
twenty-two years of age, a senior in the University of Oregon; Josephine, twenty
years of age, a freshman in the University of Oregon, and Eleanor, sixteen years
of age, a sophomore in the Washington high school. Dr. Dammasch is a member of
the various branches of the Masonic order, the Nobles of the Mystic Shrine, the
Improved Order of Red Men, the Woodmen of the World, the Order of the Eastern
Star and the American Legion. He maintains professional affiliation with the
Multnomah County Medical Society, the Oregon State Medical Society and the
American Medical Association, belongs to the Portland Turnverein and is a life
member of the Multnomah Club. In his political views he is a republican and
evinces an interest in all matters relating in any way to the public welfare. He
is a director of the American Exchange Bank. Widely acquainted throughout
Multnomah county, all who know him hold him in high esteem for his ability,
character and excellent personal traits.

 
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