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Marion Daniel Shutter, D.D., LL.D.; Volume I - Shutter (Historical); volume II - Biographical; volume III - Biographical FRED LYMAN ADAIR, M. D. - Vol III, pg 680, 683 This is an age of specialization, a fact which finds exemplification in no department of activity more largely than in the practice of medicine. Following this trend of the times, Dr. Fred Lyman Adair is limiting his professional work to obstetrical cases and the diseases of women and has established his position among the leading physicians and surgeons of Minneapolis, where he has maintained his residence since 1903. He was born in Anamosa, Iowa, July 28, 1877, and his parents were Dr. Lyman Joseph and Sarah Jennings (Porter) Adair, the former a native of Cortland county, New York, and the latter of Greens Farms, Connecticut. In 1870 the father was grad­uated from Rush Medical College of Chicago, and going to Anamosa, Iowa, he continued to engage in practice in that city throughout the remainder of his life, winning a gratifying measure of success. He was physician to the state penitentiary and won a position of distinction in his profession, while he also took an active part in political affairs. In the grammar and high schools of Anamosa, Iowa, Fred Lyman Adair acquired his early education, afterward becoming a student at the University of Minnesota, which conferred upon him the B. S. and M. A. degrees in 1898. He next entered Rush Medical College of Chicago, from which he was graduated with the class of 1901, being thoroughly equipped by liberal collegiate training for his professional work. He completed a two years' interneship at Michael Reese Hospital of Chicago, thus gaining valuable practical experience, and in 1903 came to Minneapolis, where he has since followed his profession, save during the years 1908 and 1909, which were devoted to postgraduate work in Berlin, Germany, where he had the benefit of training under noted medical instructors. He has devoted his attention to obstetrics and women's diseases for the past thirteen years and ranks with the foremost specialists in the city. He has built up a large practice and is chief of service in obstetrics and gynecology in the Minneapolis General Hospital and on the staff of the Swedish Hospital, and he is also a member of the staff of St. Andrews, Norwegian, Lutheran, Deaconess and Fairview Hospitals. He is likewise associate professor of obstetrics and gynecology at the Medical School of the University of Minnesota and his professional services are in constant demand. He has never lost the attitude of a student toward his profession and in practical experience has gained the skill that brings to his work the utmost possibility of accuracy in results. During the World war Dr. Adair was connected with the Red Cross, spending a year in Prance and Belgium, dividing the time between Paris and Courtrai, and in recognition of his services the Belgian government conferred upon him the Croix Civique. He was also attached to the Queen Alexandra Hospital for the British army, located near Dunkirk, France, and to the Civilian Hospital of the British Friends, being connected with the ambulance department of the latter institution. Dr. Adair was married November 17, 1911, to Miss Myrtle May Ingalls of Minneapolis, and they have become the parents of three children: Agnes Jennings, Robert Chamberlain and Richard Porter. Professionally Dr. Adair is identified with the Hennepin County and Minnesota State Medical Societies, the Minnesota Pathological Society, the Minnesota Obstetrical and Gynecological Society, the Minnesota Academy of Medicine, the American Medical Association, the American College of Surgeons, the American Gynecological Society and the American Child Health Association. He is also connected with the Delta Upsilon and Nu Sigma Nu college fraternities and through his membership with the Minneapolis Athletic and Minnetonka Country Clubs he obtains needed relaxation and recreation. He has never been content with mediocrity but has ever endeavored to reach the highest degree of perfection possible in his pro­fession, in which he has gained a position of distinction, owing to his comprehensive training and the strength of his mental endowments.