David Livingston Rundlett, M. D. Biography


	This biography appears on pages 414-417 in "History of Dakota Territory" 
	by George W. Kingsbury, Vol. IV (1915) and was scanned, 
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				DAVID LIVINGSTON RUNDLETT, M. D.  

	Holding always to the highest ideals concerning medical and 
surgical practice, Dr. David L. Rundlett is today occupying a 
conspicuous and honorable position as one of the eminent physicians of 
South Dakota, practicing at Sioux Falls. He was born at Groveland, 
Massachusetts, on the 25th of March, 1873, and is a son of John Pearson 
and Sarah Lucy (Hale) Rundlett. The family comes of English origin and 
the first representative in America arrived in Plymouth, Massachusetts, 
about 1650. The father of Dr. Rundlett served in the Civil war as a 
corporal of Company A, Thirty-third Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry, 
from May, 1862, until the 25th of July, 1865. He participated in the 
three days' battle at Gettysburg, in the engagements at Chattanooga, 
Missionary Ridge and Lookout Mountain, and went with Sherman on the 
celebrated march to the sea, proving his valor and his loyalty on many 
a hotly contested battlefield.  

	Dr. Rundlett, whose name introduces this review, spent his 
youthful days in his native city, passed through consecutive grades in 
its public schools and was graduated from the high school. He afterward 
entered the Massachusetts College of Pharmacy in Boston, from which he 
was graduated with the class of 1894. He regarded this, however, as but 
an initial step to other professional training and entered the medical 
department of Tufts College of Boston, in which he completed the course 
in 1901. He then located at New Haven, Connecticut. He was a drug clerk 
in Boston, Massachusetts, for ten years and after qualifying
for medical practice followed his profession in the east until July, 
1907, when he sought the growing opportunities of the middle west and 
came to Sioux Falls, where he has since successfully practiced. He was 
not long in demonstrating his ability, which brought to him a liberal 
patronage. The profession and the public recognize the fact that he is 
a close and discriminating student of the science of medicine and has 
widely improved his opportunities. 

	Dr. Rundlett belongs to the Sioux Falls District Medical Society; 
to the South Dakota State Medical Society; the American Medical 
Association; and the Sioux Valley Medical Association. Since 1913 he 
has been one of the censors of the Sioux Falls District Medical Society 
and is now (1915) chairman of the board of censors. He was also 
formerly a member of the New Haven County (Conn.) Medical Society and 
of the Connecticut State Medical Society. His early service as interne 
in the Boston City Hospital from July, 1899, until July, 1901, gave him 
the broad experience which only hospital practice can give, and the 
knowledge there gained proved one of the strongest elements in his 
later success.  

	On the 30th of May 1908, at Sioux Falls, Dr. Rundlett was united 
in marriage to Evelyn Bevis, a daughter of John and Emma Drexel. They 
attend the Congregational church and Dr. Rundlett gives his political 
allegiance to the republican party. He has had an interesting military 
experience and has done important public service. On the 9th of 
January, 1906, he enlisted in the Governor's Foot Guards, Second 
Company, of New Haven, Connecticut, from which he was honorably 
discharged September 27, 190,. He was also fire department surgeon for 
New Haven from November 30, 1904, until July, 1907, and was 
superintendent of the new Haven Emergency Hospital from 1901 until 
1904. In Masonry he has attained high rank. He has taken the degrees of 
the lodge, chapter, council and commandery, has attained the thirty-
second degree of the Scottish Rite and is a Noble of the Mystic Shrine. 
He is also connected with the Knights of Pythias, with the Sons of the 
American Revolution, the Sons of Veterans, the Dacotah Club, the 
Country Club, anti also of the Commercial Club, all of Sioux Falls. He 
is also a member of the American Association for the Advancement of 
Science and of the National Geographic Society. His social qualities 
render him popular, while his professional attainments have gained for 
him the high position which he now fills as a representative of the 
medical fraternity.