Multnomah County OR Archives Biographies.....Van Cleve, M. D., Archie C.  1885 - 
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     DR. ARCHIE C. VAN CLEVE, M. D. is widely known for his professional 
success, particularly in the field of surgery, and is also prominent in local 
fraternal, military and civic affairs, being regarded as one of Portland's 
most enterprising and public-spirited citizens. He was born in Yaquina, 
Lincoln county, Oregon, in 1885, and is a son of Colonel Coll and Frances 
Lillian (Shepard) Van Cleve. His father, who was a native of Illinois, was 
engaged in the newspaper business in that state and became a personal friend 
of Abraham Lincoln. He served in the Union army during the Civil war as 
captain in an Illinois regiment and after the war came to Portland, Oregon, 
where for awhile he held an editorial position on the Oregonian, being a 
friend of Mr. Pittock. Later he established The Dalles Mountaineer, which he 
published for a few years, and thereafter successively started the Albany 
Leader, the Scio News and the Yaquina Post. He died in 1909, at the age of 
seventy-nine years. His wife was a daughter of Judge J. M. Shepard, who in 
early days was a pony express rider from Auburn, Oregon, to Walla Walla, 
Washington. He and his wife started the first newspaper in Sacramento in the 
early '70s, and later went to Idaho. There Judge Shepard started the Idaho 
Daily Statesman, and also the Morning Democrat at Baker City. In 1886 Mrs. 
Shepard was engaged in the millinery business at Silver City, Idaho. Later 
they established the Weekly Bedrock Democrat at Baker. Both parents are now 
deceased.

     Archie C. Van Cleve received public school training during his early 
years and then learned the printing trade, which he followed for a short time. 
He next entered the Oregon Agricultural College, where he took a course in 
pharmacy and was graduated, with the degree of Bachelor of Arts, in 1906. Soon 
afterwards he was commissioned a lieutenant of the Philippine constabulary and 
served under Generals Allen, Bandholtz and Harbord. On his return to this 
country he entered the medical school of the University of Oregon, from which 
he was graduated with the degree of Doctor of Medicine in 1913. He engaged in 
the practice of his profession at Portland until 1917, when he enlisted in the 
medical corps of the United States Army, being assigned to the Three Hundred 
and Sixty-second Infantry Regiment, of which he became regimental surgeon, 
with the rank of major, and served with that command throughout the war. This 
regiment became a part of the Ninety-first Division, which the Doctor assisted 
in organizing. During his service he was promoted to lieutenant-colonel and at 
the close of the war was honorably discharged, after which he resumed private 
practice to which he devoted his attention until 1921, when he was appointed 
assistant surgeon of the Union Pacific system and surgeon for the Associated 
Oil Company, which positions he is still filling, in addition to his private 
practice.

     In 1913 Dr. Van Cleve was united in marriage to Miss Anna C. Basler, a 
daughter of Joseph Basler, who was a pioneer settler at Pendleton, Oregon, and 
there became a successful furniture dealer. Dr. and Mrs. Van Cleve are the 
parents of two children. The Doctor is a stanch republican in his political 
views and has shown an interest in everything relating to the public welfare. 
He retains a deep interest in military matters and holds a colonel's 
commission in the Officers Reserve Corps, and is commanding officer of 
Evacuation Hospital Eighty-three. He is a member of the Benevolent Protective 
Order of Elks; Webfoot Lodge, No. 65, W. O. W., of which he is a past consul; 
the Multnomah Club, the Veterans of Foreign Wars, the Chamber of Commerce, the 
International Executive Association, the American Legion and the Forty and 
Eight, and is commander of the Council of Veterans' Organizations. He served 
several years on the executive committee of the Legion and is now the 
commander of Portland Post, while in 1926 he was chef de trains (vice-
commander for Oregon) of the Forty and Eight. He has shown a deep interest in 
all organizations or measures in the interest of the war veterans, an interest 
which has been greatly appreciated by the boys. The Doctor is a member of the 
Multnomah County Medical Society, the Oregon State Medical Society, of which 
he is a member of the military affairs committee, and the American Medical 
Association. He is on the medical staff of St. Vincent's Hospital and the 
Portland Sanitarium. A learned, skilled and successful physician, a public-
spirited citizen and a genial and companionable gentleman, the Doctor commands 
not only the confidence and respect of his fellowmen, but also enjoys the 
sincere friendship of all who have been associated with him and who appreciate 
his sterling qualities of character and his genuine worth.

Additional Comments:
History of the Columbia River Valley From The Dalles to the Sea, Vol. II, 
Pages 816-817

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