Frank Israel Putnam, M. D. Biography


	This biography appears on pages 1201-1202 in "History of Dakota 
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				FRANK ISRAEL PUTNAM, M. D.  

	Dr. Frank Israel Putnam, specializing in the treatment of 
diseases of the eye, ear, nose and throat, is regarded as one of the 
leading young physicians of Sioux Falls, where he has built up a large 
and important practice. He was born in Geneva, Nebraska, April 25, 
1883, and is a son of Herbert L. and Laura C. (Hale) Putnam.  

	Dr. Putnam acquired his preliminary education in the public 
schools of Omaha and the Omaha high school, after which he entered the 
University of Nebraska. Having determined to study medicine, he next 
enrolled in Creighton Medical College of Omaha and from that 
institution received his degree of M. D. He has since taken post-
graduate work in Chicago, New York city, Philadelphia, London, Berlin, 
Vienna, Munich and Paris and never considers his medical education 
complete, remaining at all times a close and earnest student and 
investigator. Dr. Putnam is engaged in practice in Sioux Falls, 
specializing in diseases of the eye, ear, nose and throat, — a field in 
which his ability and skill have gained him wide and growing 
prominence. He belongs to the American Medical Association and is a 
life member of this organization in Vienna. He is affiliated also with 
the South Dakota and the Seventh District Medical Societies and the 
Sioux Valley Medical, Society. He is a fellow of the American Academy 
of Ophthalmology and Oto-Laryngology and of the American College of 
Surgeons. He keeps in close touch with the trend of modern advancement 
along medical lines and in his offices are found all of the new 
surgical appliances known to medical science.  

	At Council Bluffs, Iowa, September 9, 1908, Dr. Putnam married 
Miss Sue Gertrude Reed, a daughter of Freeman L. Reed. The Doctor is a 
member of the Congregational church and gives his political allegiance 
to the republican party. He is a thirty-second degree Mason, belonging 
to the commandery and Shrine, and he holds membership also in the 
Knights of Pythias. He belongs to the Elks and Country Clubs. In social 
circles of Sioux Falls he is widely and prominently known, while along 
the lines of his profession he has gained that success which comes only 
in recognition of superior merit and ability.