Carroll Daily Times Herald
June 26, 1961
Page 9
Dr. Bierring Rites on Tuesday
DES MOINES (AP) - Services will be held here Tuesday for Dr. Walter L. Bierring, 92, who served as commissioner of the State Health Department for 20 years and was a past president of the American Medical Association.
Dr. Bierring died Saturday night after an illness of several months.
He retired as head of the health department in 1953 and then devoted his work to the field of geriatrics dealing with the problems of old age.
A native of Davenport, Dr. Bierring studied under Louis Pasteur, the French professor who founded bacteriology. Later, while working at the State University of Iowa, he produced the first dipheria antitoxin successfully used west of New York.
He was elected president of the American Medical Association in 1934 and a few years later helped form the American Board of Internal Medicine and the American Board of Preventive Medicine and Public Health.
Dr. Bierring's wife died in 1943. Survivors include two daughters, Mrs. Eliza B. Radoff and Mrs. Florence Hutchinson, both of Des Moines.
Contributor: JSC (47288119) • [email protected]
June 26, 1961
Page 9
Dr. Bierring Rites on Tuesday
DES MOINES (AP) - Services will be held here Tuesday for Dr. Walter L. Bierring, 92, who served as commissioner of the State Health Department for 20 years and was a past president of the American Medical Association.
Dr. Bierring died Saturday night after an illness of several months.
He retired as head of the health department in 1953 and then devoted his work to the field of geriatrics dealing with the problems of old age.
A native of Davenport, Dr. Bierring studied under Louis Pasteur, the French professor who founded bacteriology. Later, while working at the State University of Iowa, he produced the first dipheria antitoxin successfully used west of New York.
He was elected president of the American Medical Association in 1934 and a few years later helped form the American Board of Internal Medicine and the American Board of Preventive Medicine and Public Health.
Dr. Bierring's wife died in 1943. Survivors include two daughters, Mrs. Eliza B. Radoff and Mrs. Florence Hutchinson, both of Des Moines.
Contributor: JSC (47288119) • [email protected]
Carroll Daily Times Herald
June 26, 1961
Page 9
Dr. Bierring Rites on Tuesday
DES MOINES (AP) - Services will be held here Tuesday for Dr. Walter L. Bierring, 92, who served as commissioner of the State Health Department for 20 years and was a past president of the American Medical Association.
Dr. Bierring died Saturday night after an illness of several months.
He retired as head of the health department in 1953 and then devoted his work to the field of geriatrics dealing with the problems of old age.
A native of Davenport, Dr. Bierring studied under Louis Pasteur, the French professor who founded bacteriology. Later, while working at the State University of Iowa, he produced the first dipheria antitoxin successfully used west of New York.
He was elected president of the American Medical Association in 1934 and a few years later helped form the American Board of Internal Medicine and the American Board of Preventive Medicine and Public Health.
Dr. Bierring's wife died in 1943. Survivors include two daughters, Mrs. Eliza B. Radoff and Mrs. Florence Hutchinson, both of Des Moines.
Contributor: JSC (47288119) • [email protected]
June 26, 1961
Page 9
Dr. Bierring Rites on Tuesday
DES MOINES (AP) - Services will be held here Tuesday for Dr. Walter L. Bierring, 92, who served as commissioner of the State Health Department for 20 years and was a past president of the American Medical Association.
Dr. Bierring died Saturday night after an illness of several months.
He retired as head of the health department in 1953 and then devoted his work to the field of geriatrics dealing with the problems of old age.
A native of Davenport, Dr. Bierring studied under Louis Pasteur, the French professor who founded bacteriology. Later, while working at the State University of Iowa, he produced the first dipheria antitoxin successfully used west of New York.
He was elected president of the American Medical Association in 1934 and a few years later helped form the American Board of Internal Medicine and the American Board of Preventive Medicine and Public Health.
Dr. Bierring's wife died in 1943. Survivors include two daughters, Mrs. Eliza B. Radoff and Mrs. Florence Hutchinson, both of Des Moines.
Contributor: JSC (47288119) • [email protected]
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