Bio of DOERR, Henry Jr. (b.1888), Hennepin Co., MN
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EXTRACTED FROM: History of Minneapolis, Gateway to the Northwest; 
Chicago-Minneapolis, The S J Clarke Publishing Co, 1923; Edited by: Rev. 
Marion Daniel Shutter, D.D., LL.D.; Volume I - Shutter (Historical); 
volume II - Biographical; volume III - Biographical
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HENRY DOERR, Jr. - Vol III, pg 195-196
One of the energetic and prominent business men of Minneapolis is Henry Doerr,
Jr., who has been secretary of the Minneapolis Drug Company since 1920. He is a
native of this city, his birth having occurred here on the 22d of May, 1888, a
son of Henry and Sarah (Scharpf) Doerr.
In the acquirement of his education Henry Doerr attended the Emerson grammar
school, from which he was graduated in 1902. He was a student at Central high
school during his freshman and sophomore years and then went to Phillips Exeter
Academy, Exeter, New Hampshire, where he was graduated with the class of 1907.
He was enrolled at the University of Minnesota in 1908 and 1909 and at the
University of Wisconsin in 1910 and 1911. After putting his textbooks aside he
went to Montana and engaged in ranching during 1912 and 1913 and 1914.
Subsequently he returned to Minneapolis and has been secretary of the
Minneapolis Drug Company since 1920. He has proven himself to be a business man
of ability and he is a dominant factor in the continued success of the company
with which he is associated.
On the 16th of July, 1919, in New York city, was celebrated the marriage of Mr.
Doerr and Miss Mary Virginia Campbell, a daughter of Wallace Farwell and
Virginia (Adams) Campbell. Mrs. Doerr is a member of an old and honored American
family, being a great-granddaughter of Robert McCormick, the inventor of the
reaper. She served in France with the canteen division of the American Red Cross
in 1918 and 1919. Wallace Farwell Campbell was for many years president of the
People's Bank of Minne­apolis, which later merged with the Scandinavian American
Bank. To the union of Mr. and Mrs. Doerr three sons have been born: Henry (III),
James Campbell, and Wallace Farwell.
In his political views Mr. Doerr is a republican and he is a firm believer in
the principles of that party as factors in good government. He has never sought
nor desired political preferment, but he is essentially public-spirited and is
conversant on all important questions and issues of the day. The religious faith
of Mr. Doerr is that of the Presbyterian church and he is a consistent attendant
of the Westminster church in this city. While a student at the University of
Minnesota, Mr. Doerr became affiliated with Phi Epsilon chapter of Delta Kappa
Epsilon and at the University of Wisconsin he became a member of Rho Delta
chapter of that fraternity. Delta Kappa Epsilon is one of the strongest national
college fraternities (social) in the United States. Mr. Doerr is a member of the
Minneapolis Club, the Minikahda Club, Lafayette Club, Minne­apolis Athletic Club
and the University Club of St. Paul.
Upon the outbreak of the World war Mr. Doerr was quick to put all personal
interests aside and offer his services to the United States government. He was
captain in the Foreign Field Service of the American Red Cross, seeing active
service in France, and was with the Army of Occupation in Germany in 1918 and
1919. He served in 1917 for one month in the aviation branch of the Signal E. R.
Corps-from June 8, 1917, to July 4, 1917 and was honorably discharged on account
of imperfect hearing.