Pierce County WA Archives Biographies.....Boyer, M. D., Charles O. 1873 - ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/wa/wafiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Ila Wakley iwakley@msn.com August 29, 2010, 6:25 pm Source: History of the Columbia River Valley From The Dalles to the Sea, Vol. III, Published 1928, Pages 558 - 559 Author: The S. J. Clarke Publishing Company DR. CHARLES O. BOYER, M. D., engaged in medical practice in Portland, with offices in the Park building, was born in Iowa in 1873, his parents being Lawrence and Phoebe (Faust) Boyer, both of whom were natives of Pennsylvania, where they were reared and married. They became residents of Washington in 1889 and there the father, who followed the occupation of farming as a life work, passed away in 1920. Their son, Dr. Charles O. Boyer, accompanied his parents on their removal to Kansas in early life and there obtained his preliminary education. He afterward taught school there and following the establishment of the family home in WashingŽton he pursued a high school course in the Congregational Academy of that state. Later he was a student in the University of Puget Sound, from which he was gradŽuated in 1898. He proved an effective worker in educational circles as principal of the academy at Montesano, where he continued for a year and then resumed connection with the University of Puget Sound, of which he was president for two years. In 1904 he was elected head of the science department of the Willamette University and later was made vice president of that institution, while in 1908 he served as acting president. During his connection with that educational institution he studied medicine and in 1910 successfully passed the state board examination, receiving his medical degree the following year. Dr. Boyer then went to Chicago, where he filled a position as interne, and he likewise did postgraduate work in the Northwestern University and Hospital, the M. D. degree being conferred upon him in 1912. Coming to Portland in the fall of that year, he has since made his home in this city, devoting his attention to general practice, and he is now serving on the staff of Emanuel Hospital. He belongs to the City and County Medical Society, the Oregon State Medical Society and the American Medical Association and through the proceedings of these bodies keeps in close touch with the trend of professional thought and progress. In 1897 Dr. Boyer wedded Miss Effie E. Johnson, who was born in Iowa. Her father, George Johnson, came across the plains with ox team and wagon from Kansas and settled in western Washington. Dr. and Mrs. Boyer are the parents of a son and four daughters. Fred E., born in 1898, joined the army during the World war and was stationed at Camp Taylor, where he died of influenza October 11, 1918. Vera, now Mrs. Waldo Stenz, of Olympia, Washington, born in 1900, is a graduate of the University of Washington. Margaret, born in 1902 and also a graduate of the University of Washington, is now a teacher at the Benson Polytechnic School. Edith, born in 1905, attended the University of Washington. Lela, born in 1907, is a student in the University of Oregon. Dr. Boyer belongs to the Masonic lodge of Salem and to the Scottish Rite bodies of Portland and in his life exemplifies the beneficent spirit of the craft. During much of his active career his attention has been devoted to educational work and he greatly furthered the standards of the state through his efficient methods and the utilization of high ideals. He is now making steady progress in the medical field and his ability is attested by many who have benefited by his services. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/wa/pierce/bios/boyermd187gbs.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/wafiles/ File size: 4.0 Kb