Multnomah County OR Archives Biographies.....Dickson, M. D., J. F.  1855 - 
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Source: History of the Columbia River Valley From The Dalles to the Sea, Vol. III, Published 1928, Pages 667 - 668
Author: The S. J. Clarke Publishing Company

     J. F. DICKSON, M. D.  For thirty-seven years Dr. J. F. Dickson has been 
numbered among the eminent and successful physicians of Portland. Following 
the modern tendency toward specialization, he has given his attention to 
diseases of the eye, ear, nose and throat and his ability has made him widely 
known in professional circles as well as to the laity. Moreover, he has 
utilized his opportunities in countless instances when he could extend a 
helping hand to those who needed assistance, and thus it is that there are 
many who entertain for him not only love and respect but also that feeling of 
gratitude which comes as the expression of appreciation for a kindly deed.

     Dr. J. F. Dickson was born in Ontario, Canada, in 1855, a son of William 
and Marian (Forest) Dickson, who were natives of Scotland. The Doctor obtained 
his elementary education in the public schools of Goderich, Ontario, where he 
also attended the Collegiate Institute, and in 1880, he was graduated from the 
Toronto University with the degree of M. B., while later he received the 
degree of M. D. C. M. from Victoria University of Ontario. Earnest purpose and 
thoroughness have ever characterized him in all of his professional 
activities, and his desire to broaden his knowledge and promote his efficiency 
led him subsequently to continue his studies in the University of Edinburgh, 
Scotland, which institution conferred upon him the L. R. C. P. degree.

     Dr. Dickson entered upon the practice of medicine in St. Louis, Missouri, 
where he remained for several years, and during that period he was united in 
marriage to Miss Lillian M. Moss of that city. Deciding to specialize in 
diseases of the eye, ear, nose and throat, in 1888 Dr. Dickson went to Europe, 
where he studied broadly, receiving instruction from the most eminent 
authorities in his specialties in that field. Following his return to the 
United States in 1891, he established an office in Portland, Oregon, where he 
has been engaged in active practice to the present time, concentrating his 
efforts and attention upon the lines in which he specializes and in which he 
has risen to prominence that is well deserved. During the intervening years he 
has made several prolonged trips to Europe for further study in London, Paris, 
Berlin and especially in Vienna. Throughout the years Dr. Dickson has enjoyed 
an extensive practice and he also has the professorship of ophthalmology and 
otolaryngology in the medical department of the University of Oregon. He is a 
member of the American Medical Association, is a fellow of the American 
College of Surgeons, the American Triological Society and belongs to all the 
leading medical societies in connection with his specialties in the United 
States. He assisted in the reorganization of the Pacific Coast Otological & 
Ophthalmological Society, which went out of existence at the time of the San 
Francisco earthquake. It was reorganized in 1911 and Dr. Dickson was chosen 
its first president.

     His social nature finds expression in his membership in the Arlington 
Club and the Multnomah Athletic Club and he is identified with the Scottish 
Rite, Mystic Shrine and other Masonic bodies. His life has exemplified a high 
type of American citizenship as well as of eminent professional service and by 
reason of his sterling qualities he has won and retains to a notable degree 
the love and respect of the people among whom he has lived and labored. He has 
always been actuated by the highest ideals, which have found expression in the 
exalted standards of personal, professional and public honor, and the years 
have therefore chronicled his steady progress in all those things which make 
life worth living.

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