Statewide County HI Archives Biographies.....Fronk, Clarence E. March 30, 1883 - 
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Source: The Story of Hawaii and Its Builders, Honolulu Star Bulletin, Ltd. Territory of Hawaii, 1925
Author: Edited by George F. Nellist

CLARENCE E. FRONK, Physician. For fifteen years a medical officer in the 
United States Army, Dr. Clarence E. Fronk came to Hawaii in 1920 with the rank 
of major to take charge of the surgical service at Tripler General Hospital 
and upon his resignation from the army in 1923 established himself in private 
practice in Honolulu.
  Born in Conway, Iowa, March 30, 1883, Dr. Fronk is the son of Joseph L. and 
Martha (Lattimer) Fronk. He studied medicine at St. Louis University, St. 
Louis, Mo., receiving an M.D. degree in 1906. Entering the army in 1908, Dr. 
Fronk rose from a lieutenant to lieutenant-colonel in the years that followed 
and upon his resignation was commissioned a colonel years that followed and 
upon his resignation was commissioned a colonel in the reserve corps. During 
the World war he was chief surgeon at Camp Lee, Petersburg, Va., later being 
appointed division surgeon of the 20th Division, stationed in South Carolina. 
Following the armistice, Dr. Fronk was chief of the surgical service at Fox 
Hills Hospital, Staten Island, until ordered to Honolulu.
  Dr. Fronk and Laura Mullhall were married in St. Louis, Mo., Sept. 23, 1912. 
They have two daughters, Eleanor and Martha. Mrs. Fronk is the daughter of the 
late Capt. Stephen J. Mullhall, U.S.A., who was officially the youngest 
drummer boy in the Civil war, according to army records. He served throughout 
the war with the northern troops, enlisting before he was eleven years old. 
Dr. Fronk is a member of the Oahu Racing and Polo Association, Hawaii Medical 
Society, Ad and Commercial Clubs.


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