Ira Erven Huffman
Arizona, The Youngest State, 1913, pg 754

Dr. Ira Erven Huffman, mayor of Tucson and one of the most 
able and prominent physicians and surgeons in Pima County 
was born in Ripley County Indiana, March 13, 1870.  He 
acquired his early education in the public schools and 
received his M.D. and Ph.D. degrees from Drake University 
of Des Moines, Iowa being a member of the class of 1901.  
After graduation he located in Paton Iowa and was made 
district physician of Greene County.  The years between 
1902 and 1906 he spent in Beaver, Utah and there he also 
came into prominence as city physician.  In the latter 
year he removed to Tucson and has since taken an active 
interest in professional and public life.  He has secured 
a liberal patronage and is a member of the American Medical 
Association and of the Arizona State and Pima County Medical 
Societies.  In 1913 Dr. Huffman with seven associates, all 
physicians, purchased the Rogers Hospital and changed the 
name to the Arizona Hospital.  Each physician has his own 
special work and they are now able to care for fifteen 
patients at a time.  It is the only hospital within the 
city limits of Tucson and has been incorporated.  There 
is a training school for nurses in connection with the 
hospital and six nurses are now employed.

Dr. Huffman was elected mayor of Tucson in December 1910 
and reelected in 1912.  During his administration streets 
have been paved and graded, public parks have been 
improved and the price of electric light reduced.

Dr. Huffman was married September 1, 1910 to Miss Edith 
Gillmor, a native of Iowa and they have one son, Ira 
Erven Jr. born December 5, 1912.


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