TRAHAN, Anatole R., M.D., Lafayette Parish, Louisiana
Submitted by Mike Miller

Louisiana:  Comprising Sketches of Parishes, Towns, Events, Institutions,
and Persons, Arranged in Cyclopedic Form (volume 3), pp. 436-437.  Edited
by Alcée Fortier, Lit.D.  Published in 1914, by Century Historical
Association.



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Trahan, Anatole R., M. D., of Lafayette; son of Dr. John D. Trahan, whose
biography is published in this volume, was born Sept. 25, 1870, in the
parish of Lafayette.  He was educated in the private schools of his native
place, and at Tulane University; entering the literary department of the
latter institution in 1884, and finishing the course four years later.  He
matriculated in the medical department of Tulane in 1888; and in addition
to his studies, served 2 years as interne in the Charity hospital, New
Orleans.  He received his diploma in 1892.  After serving 6 months on the
staff of visiting physicians and surgeons of the Charity hospital, Dr.
Trahan returned to Lafayette where he entered into partnership with his
father, Dr. J. D. Trahan; and he has been continuously in practice except
for a few months spent at Chicago Polyclinic, and New York Post-Graduate
medical school and hospital.  He is a member of the Louisiana State Medical
society; of the Southern and the American medical associations; is a 32d
degree Mason, in the Grand Consistory of Louisiana, Scottish Rite.  In
politics Dr. Trahan is a democrat; was coroner of the parish of Lafayette 4
years during Gov. Foster's administration; member of the city council,
under the administration of Mayor Charles O. Mouton.  In 1910, doctor was
elected mayor of the city of Lafayette, and served 2 years.  He is local
surgeon for the Southern Pacific R. R. Co.