Multnomah County OR Archives Biographies.....Kiehle, M. D. , Frederick A. August 1872 - ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/or/orfiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Ila L. Wakley iwakley@msn.com June 19, 2009, 4:12 pm Author: The S. J. Clarke Publishing Company DR. FREDERICK A. KIEHLE, M. D. For twenty years Dr. Frederick A. Kiehle has been engaged in the practice of medicine in Portland and during this period has gained an extensive practice, and is today regarded as one of the leading physicians of this city. He was born in Preston, Minnesota, in August, 1872, and is a son of David L. and Mary (Gilman) Kiehle, who were married in New York city. They became the parents of four children, Frederick A. and three daughters. David L. Kiehle possessed a thorough education, served for seven years as president of the State Normal School at St. Cloud and for thirteen years as state superintendent of public instruction of Minnesota and later was a member of the faculty of the University of Minnesota. Frederick A. Kiehle received his preliminary education in the public schools of St. Cloud and Minneapolis, Minnesota, and then entered the University of Minnesota, from which he was graduated with the degree of Bachelor of Arts in 1894. Later he entered the medical school of his alma mater, from which he was graduated, with the degree of Doctor of Medicine in 1901. After serving one year as interne in St. Joseph's Hospital in St. Paul, the Doctor entered upon the practice of his profession in Utah, where he remained four years. He then went to Europe for a year's study, and in 1908 came to Portland, where he has met with large professional success. On October 2, 1913, in Oxford, England, Dr. Kiehle was united in marriage to Miss Clare Cross, who was a native of Minneapolis, Minnesota. She attended the public schools of that city and later graduated from the University of Minnesota. Dr. and Mrs. Kiehle have two children, David Litchard, now fourteen years of age, and Katherine Gilman, twelve years old, both of whom are attending school in France for one year. Dr. Kiehle is a member of the Multnomah County Medical Society, the Oregon State Medical Society and the American Medical Association and is a Fellow of the American College of Surgeons and other national societies, while socially he belongs to the Arlington Club, the University Club, the Multnomah Club and the Waverly Golf Club. Dr. Kiehle enlisted for service in the United States Naval Reserve during the late war and received a commission as lieutenant, with which rank he was honorably discharged at the close of the war. He has served for the port five years as a member of the board of directors of the Portland Public Library. Additional Comments: History of the Columbia River Valley From The Dalles to the Sea, Vol. II, Pages 920-923 File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/or/multnomah/bios/kiehlemd817gbs.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/orfiles/ File size: 3.2 Kb