Bio of RODDA, Dr. Frederick C. (b.1880), 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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Vol III, pg 556-559
F. C. RODDA, M. D. (Frederick C. Rodda)
Dr. F. C. Rodda, of the Abbott Hospital, Minneapolis, was born in Atlanta,
Michigan, on the 16th of September, 1880. He was prepared for college entrance
at the Ferris Institute, Grand Rapids, Michigan, following which he entered the
University of Michigan at Ann Arbor. In 1905 he graduated from the Medical
School of the University, with the doctor of medicine degree. After spending a
year as interne in the Milwaukee General Hospital, where he gained that
practical experience so valuable to the young physician, Dr. Rodda went to
Garrison, North Dakota, to open an office for the practice of his profession.
The next year he moved to Marmarth, in the same state, where he opened an
office, and in the subsequent five years built up a gratifying practice. The
young doctor was ambitious and desired a wider field for his efforts, so he
welcomed the opportunity to come to Minneapolis and work in association with Dr.
Sedgwick, the well known medical authority of this city, with whom he remained
until 1920, when the older man was taken seriously ill. Dr. Rodda joined the
staff of the Abbott Hospital, performing active duty in that institution
throughout 1913 and the early months of 1914. In the latter year he went abroad
for further profes­sional study and worked in Vienna, Berlin and London, the
great medical centers of Europe. He was in the German capital in that memorable
August when all the continent was turned into a battle field over night, being
one of the many Americans left to get themselves out of the turmoil as best they
might. Coming back to Minneapolis, Dr. Rodda resumed his work in the hospital
and now devotes his time to the children's clinic of this famous institution. He
is recognized as a leader in the develop­ment of the hygienic care of children,
and is an associate professor of pediatrics in the Medical School of the
University of Minnesota, lecturing to the classes there regularly on his
subject. In addition to the state and national medical associations, Dr. Rodda
belongs to the American Pediatric Society, the Northwestern Pediatric Society
and the Hennepin County Medical Society.
On the 10th of October, 1910, Dr. Rodda was united in marriage to Miss Ruth
Robbins, daughter of A. B. Robbins of Robbinsdale, Minnesota.
Dr. Rodda is a thirty-second degree Mason of the Scottish Rite, belonging to the
Minneapolis Consistory and Zuhrah Temple of the Mystic Shrine. As a member of
the staff of the Shrine Hospital for Crippled Children, which gives medical and
surgical aid to all children regardless of creed or color, he is doing a
wonderful work in re­lieving suffering among the unfortunate little folk. He
takes a zealous interest in his little patients in this hospital, as well as in
his principal sphere of activity in the clinic of Abbott Hospital. Deformity and
physical suffering, always pitiful in children, becomes doubly so when the
victims come from families that cannot afford adequate medical treatment. It is
only by the unselfish service of such men as Dr. Rodda, who give their
professional skill and attention to these patients, that many a poor child is
released from a lifetime of pain and dependency.