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W. B. HOLDEN, M. D.

     Dr. W. B. Holden, who for a quarter of a century has been engaged in the
practice of medicine and surgery in Portland, has attained a place of
distinction in the ranks of his profession and commands a large and lucrative
practice. He was born in West Valley, Cattaraugus county, New York, in 1873, and
is a son of Charles O. and Melissa W. (Burroughs) Holden. The father, a native
of that state, was engaged in mercantile pursuits.
     The Doctor attended the public schools of West Valley, New York, after
which he attended the University of Michigan during 1893-94. He then
matriculated in Rush Medical College, of Chicago, from which he received the
degree of Doctor of Medicine in 1897. During the following six years he was
engaged in the general practice of medicine in Chicago, and in 1903 he came to
Portland, where he has since devoted himself closely to his profession,
specializing in surgery. He spent the year 1901 in London, England, doing
postgraduate work and has always been a close student of everything pertaining
to his chosen calling.
     Dr. Holden has been married twice, first to Miss Worthie Harris, at
Washington, D. C., and they had two children, Vergie, deceased, and Mrs. E. E.
Rippey, who is the mother of two children, Jean, aged five years, and William
Edward, aged one and a half years. Mrs. Worthie Holden died in 1921 and in 1922
the Doctor was married to Miss Fay Beggs. Dr. Holden is a member of the Portland
Academy of Medicine, the Multnomah County Medical Society, the Oregon State
Medical Society, the American Medical Association, the American College of
Surgeons, the North Pacific Surgical Society, the Pacific Coast Surgical Society
and the Western Surgical Society. He is a member of the medical staffs of the
Multnomah County Hospital and the Doernbecker Hospital, is on the board of the
Portland Sanitarium, and is a member of the University Club. The Doctor
possesses a strong personality and has honored his profession by his devotion
and skill in one of its most important branches, so that he is well worthy of
the high place which he holds in the esteem of all who know him.
 
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has no additional information about the person(s) or family mentioned above.