Roy George Stevens, M. D. Biography


	This biography appears on pages 1228, 1229 in "History of Dakota 
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				ROY GEORGE STEVENS, M. D. 

	Dr. Roy George Stevens, one of the leading and successful 
physicians of Sioux Falls, engaged in the general practice of medicine 
in partnership with Dr. N. J. Nessa, was born in Lewis, Iowa, May 12, 
1880, and is a son of George and Mary (Morton) Stevens. The family is 
of English origin and was founded in America by the father of the 
subject of this review, who came from his native Derbyshire to the 
United States in 1871, when he was twenty-one years of age. 

	In 1896 Dr. Roy George Stevens was graduated from the high school 
at Springfield, South Dakota, and in 1900 from the Springfield (S. D.) 
Normal School. Following this he entered the medical department of the 
University of Illinois, graduating from that institution with the 
degree of M. D. in 1905. Following the completion of his course he 
located at Heron Lake, Minnesota, as assistant in the Southwestern 
Hospital, retaining that connection for four years. In 1909 he removed 
to Sioux Falls, South Dakota, and formed a partnership with Dr. N. J. 
Nessa, with whom, in 1910, he established the Samaritan Hospital. They 
conduct this institution for the comfort and convenience of their own 
patients and they have made it one of the finest and most complete 
institutions of its kind in the state. Dr. Stevens controls a large and 
representative patronage and he is a director in the Sioux Life & 
Casualty Company of Sioux Falls. He belongs to the American Medical 
Association, the South Dakota and Seventh District Medical Societies 
and the Sioux Valley Medical Association, of which he was vice 
president in 1913, his membership in these bodies keeping him in touch 
with the most advanced thought of his profession. 

	On the 25th of March, 1907, at Heron Lake, Minnesota, Dr. Stevens 
was united in marriage to Miss Henrietta O. Dickinson, a daughter of 
Edwin and Sarah (Nelson) Dickinson. Dr. Stevens is connected 
fraternally with the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, the Masonic 
chapter and Shrine, the Knights of Pythias and the Order of the Eastern 
Star. He holds membership in the Episcopal church and is a republican 
in his political views. Practically all of his time and attention is 
given to the duties of his profession in which he has made rapid and 
steady advancement, standing today among its foremost representatives 
in his part of the state.