Multnomah County OR Archives Biographies.....Webster, B. A., M. D.,  Albert M. 1868 - 
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     DR. ALBERT M. WEBSTER, B. A., M. D. has gained a worthy place among the 
leading physicians of Portland, for he is regarded as a man of high 
attainments, fine technical skill and ripe judgment, and enjoys a large 
practice. He was born in Hastings, Minnesota, in 1868, and is a son of Martin 
and Keziah (Arnold) Webster, the former of whom was born in Antioch. Indiana, 
and the latter in Chautauqua, New York, and both are deceased. To them were 
born two children, namely: Albert M., of this review; and Nettie E., who died 
in 1909. The father, a carpenter by trade, was a man of excellent qualities 
and commanded the respect of all who knew him.

     The Doctor attended the public schools of his native city and entered the 
University of Minnesota, taking the classical course and graduating with the 
degree, of Bachelor of Arts in 1891. After nine years as superintendent of 
public schools, he matriculated in the medical school of his alma mater, from 
which he received the degree of Doctor of Medicine in 1904. He entered upon 
the practice of his profession at Alma, Buffalo county, Wisconsin, where he 
remained a few months, leaving there to serve as interne in St. Joseph's 
Hospital, St. Paul, Minnesota. In 1905 he came to  Portland, where he has 
remained to the present time, devoting his attention closely to his 
professional work, in which he has been more than ordinarily successful.  He 
carries on a general practice and has been a close and constant student of 
everything pertaining to medical practice, having taken postgraduate work at 
the Mayo Clinic at Rochester, Minnesota, and other leading eastern clinics, 
and is regarded as thoroughly up-to-date and dependable in his professional 
work. He is a member of the medical staff of Emanuel Hospital, City and County 
Medical Society, Oregon State Medical Society, Portland Academy of Medicine 
and a fellow of the American Medical Association.

     In June, 1893, Dr. Webster was united in marriage to Miss Ada Cassidy, a 
native of Mankato, Minnesota, and a daughter of Oscar and Maria (King) 
Cassidy. Mrs. Webster died in 1925, leaving the daughter, Dorothy Katherine, 
who is now a student at the University of Oregon and is living at the Kappa 
Alpha Theta house. The Doctor was again married in 1926, his second wife being 
Miss Georgia L. Rodda, who was born in Idaho and is a daughter of Charles A. 
Rodda of Butte, Montana.

     Dr. Webster is a member of Albert Pike Lodge No. 162, F. & A. M.; 
Portland Consistory, A. A. S. R.; Al Kader Temple, A. A. O. N. M. S.; Orient 
Lodge No. 17, I. O. O. F.; Ivanhoe Lodge No 1, K. P., and the East Side 
Commercial Club, of which he is a past president. He is secretary-treasurer of 
the Medical Society Telephone Service and is president of the Globe Binocular 
Company. He and his wife are earnest members of the First Presbyterian church. 
The Doctor has evinced a deep interest in everything pertaining to the welfare 
and progress of his city and county and is regarded as one of its most 
progressive and public-spirited citizens, while in professional circles he 
commands uniform respect and confidence. He was a Four Minute Man in Portland 
during the World war.

Additional Comments:
History of the Columbia River Valley From The Dalles to the Sea, Vol. II, 
Pages 895-896

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