A. Schoen, M. D. Biography This biography appears on page 1845 in "History of South Dakota" by Doane Robinson, Vol. II (1904) and was scanned, OCRed and edited by Maurice Krueger, mkrueger@iw.net. This file may be freely copied by individuals and non-profit organizations for their private use. Any other use, including publication, storage in a retrieval system, or transmission by electronic, mechanical, or other means requires the written approval of the file's author. A. SCHOEN, M. D., is a native of Austria, where he was born on the 3d of November, 1877, and he was yet a mere lad at the time he accompanied his parents on their removal to America. After attending the public schools of the metropolis of the Union he took a course in the College of the City of New York. In the autumn of 1896 he was matriculated in the Bellevue Hospital Medical College, New York city, being graduated as a member of the class of 1899. In the year following his graduation, at his technical state examination, required as supplementary to his collegiate professional degree, he was given an honorary license for his proficiency, and in September of that year he opened an office in New York city, where he continued in practice until 1902, when he came to South Dakota and took up his residence in the city of Yankton, where he is building up a gratifying practice. In politics he is independent, while fraternally he is a member of the Modern Woodmen of America, and the Knights of the Maccabees.