Dr. L. H. Beck has been actively engaged in the practice of medicine and surgery in Manitou for nearly two decades and enjoys an enviable reputation as one of the leading representatives of the profession in El Paso County. He was born on a farm in Seneca County, Ohio, in 1867, a son of John B. Beck, whose birth occurred in Franklin County, Pennsylvania, in 1837. In 1850 the latter accompanied his parents on their removal to Ohio, where he later wedded Miss Elizabeth Gassman, a native of that state. Mrs. Beck passed away in Ohio in January, 1913, being survived for three years by her husband, whose demise occurred in Colorado Springs in 1916. Throughout his active business career John B. Beck was successfully engaged in general agricultural pursuits.
L. H. Beck pursued his education in the rural schools of his native county and when a young man of nineteen years took up the profession of teaching, remaining an instructor in the public schools of Ohio from 1886 until 1890. During the last three years of that period he taught in Seneca County, Ohio. He then entered Heidelberg University of Tiffin, Ohio, where he pursued a five years' classical course, winning honors and receiving the degree of Bachelor of Arts upon his graduation with the class of 1895, of which he was salutatorian. Having determined upon the practice of medicine as a life work, he became a student in the Ohio Medical University of Columbus but because of impaired health came to Colorado and completed his training in Gross Medical College of Denver, which conferred upon him the degree of M. D. in April, 1898. In June of the same year he received the degree of Master of Arts from Heidelberg University of Tiffin. Ohio. The year 1S99 witnessed his arrival in Manitou, Colorado, where he has followed his profession continuously since, enjoying a large and growing practice that has been accorded him in recognition of his pronounced skill and success in the field of medical science. He belongs to the El Paso County Medical Society, the Colorado State Medical Society, the American Medical Association and the American Academy of Medicine. Dr. Beck was one of twenty-five delegates appointed in the United States to represent the American Academy of Medicine in the Fifteenth International Congress on Hygiene and Demography, which was held in Washington, D. C, from September 23 until September 28, 1912.
On the 7th of November, 1900. Dr. Beck was united in marriage to Miss Minnie D. Zimmer and they occupy an enviable position in the social circles of Manitou. The Doctor gives his political allegiance to the Republican Party, while his religious faith is that of the Reformed church. He enjoys the confidence and esteem of his professional brethren in an unusual degree and has long been ranked among the leading medical practitioners of his part of the state.
From: The History of Colorado, Volume 3 (1919)
L. H. BECK, M. D.
Information provided by FAG volunteer Ron West
L. H. Beck pursued his education in the rural schools of his native county and when a young man of nineteen years took up the profession of teaching, remaining an instructor in the public schools of Ohio from 1886 until 1890. During the last three years of that period he taught in Seneca County, Ohio. He then entered Heidelberg University of Tiffin, Ohio, where he pursued a five years' classical course, winning honors and receiving the degree of Bachelor of Arts upon his graduation with the class of 1895, of which he was salutatorian. Having determined upon the practice of medicine as a life work, he became a student in the Ohio Medical University of Columbus but because of impaired health came to Colorado and completed his training in Gross Medical College of Denver, which conferred upon him the degree of M. D. in April, 1898. In June of the same year he received the degree of Master of Arts from Heidelberg University of Tiffin. Ohio. The year 1S99 witnessed his arrival in Manitou, Colorado, where he has followed his profession continuously since, enjoying a large and growing practice that has been accorded him in recognition of his pronounced skill and success in the field of medical science. He belongs to the El Paso County Medical Society, the Colorado State Medical Society, the American Medical Association and the American Academy of Medicine. Dr. Beck was one of twenty-five delegates appointed in the United States to represent the American Academy of Medicine in the Fifteenth International Congress on Hygiene and Demography, which was held in Washington, D. C, from September 23 until September 28, 1912.
On the 7th of November, 1900. Dr. Beck was united in marriage to Miss Minnie D. Zimmer and they occupy an enviable position in the social circles of Manitou. The Doctor gives his political allegiance to the Republican Party, while his religious faith is that of the Reformed church. He enjoys the confidence and esteem of his professional brethren in an unusual degree and has long been ranked among the leading medical practitioners of his part of the state.
From: The History of Colorado, Volume 3 (1919)
L. H. BECK, M. D.
Information provided by FAG volunteer Ron West
Dr. L. H. Beck has been actively engaged in the practice of medicine and surgery in Manitou for nearly two decades and enjoys an enviable reputation as one of the leading representatives of the profession in El Paso County. He was born on a farm in Seneca County, Ohio, in 1867, a son of John B. Beck, whose birth occurred in Franklin County, Pennsylvania, in 1837. In 1850 the latter accompanied his parents on their removal to Ohio, where he later wedded Miss Elizabeth Gassman, a native of that state. Mrs. Beck passed away in Ohio in January, 1913, being survived for three years by her husband, whose demise occurred in Colorado Springs in 1916. Throughout his active business career John B. Beck was successfully engaged in general agricultural pursuits.
L. H. Beck pursued his education in the rural schools of his native county and when a young man of nineteen years took up the profession of teaching, remaining an instructor in the public schools of Ohio from 1886 until 1890. During the last three years of that period he taught in Seneca County, Ohio. He then entered Heidelberg University of Tiffin, Ohio, where he pursued a five years' classical course, winning honors and receiving the degree of Bachelor of Arts upon his graduation with the class of 1895, of which he was salutatorian. Having determined upon the practice of medicine as a life work, he became a student in the Ohio Medical University of Columbus but because of impaired health came to Colorado and completed his training in Gross Medical College of Denver, which conferred upon him the degree of M. D. in April, 1898. In June of the same year he received the degree of Master of Arts from Heidelberg University of Tiffin. Ohio. The year 1S99 witnessed his arrival in Manitou, Colorado, where he has followed his profession continuously since, enjoying a large and growing practice that has been accorded him in recognition of his pronounced skill and success in the field of medical science. He belongs to the El Paso County Medical Society, the Colorado State Medical Society, the American Medical Association and the American Academy of Medicine. Dr. Beck was one of twenty-five delegates appointed in the United States to represent the American Academy of Medicine in the Fifteenth International Congress on Hygiene and Demography, which was held in Washington, D. C, from September 23 until September 28, 1912.
On the 7th of November, 1900. Dr. Beck was united in marriage to Miss Minnie D. Zimmer and they occupy an enviable position in the social circles of Manitou. The Doctor gives his political allegiance to the Republican Party, while his religious faith is that of the Reformed church. He enjoys the confidence and esteem of his professional brethren in an unusual degree and has long been ranked among the leading medical practitioners of his part of the state.
From: The History of Colorado, Volume 3 (1919)
L. H. BECK, M. D.
Information provided by FAG volunteer Ron West
L. H. Beck pursued his education in the rural schools of his native county and when a young man of nineteen years took up the profession of teaching, remaining an instructor in the public schools of Ohio from 1886 until 1890. During the last three years of that period he taught in Seneca County, Ohio. He then entered Heidelberg University of Tiffin, Ohio, where he pursued a five years' classical course, winning honors and receiving the degree of Bachelor of Arts upon his graduation with the class of 1895, of which he was salutatorian. Having determined upon the practice of medicine as a life work, he became a student in the Ohio Medical University of Columbus but because of impaired health came to Colorado and completed his training in Gross Medical College of Denver, which conferred upon him the degree of M. D. in April, 1898. In June of the same year he received the degree of Master of Arts from Heidelberg University of Tiffin. Ohio. The year 1S99 witnessed his arrival in Manitou, Colorado, where he has followed his profession continuously since, enjoying a large and growing practice that has been accorded him in recognition of his pronounced skill and success in the field of medical science. He belongs to the El Paso County Medical Society, the Colorado State Medical Society, the American Medical Association and the American Academy of Medicine. Dr. Beck was one of twenty-five delegates appointed in the United States to represent the American Academy of Medicine in the Fifteenth International Congress on Hygiene and Demography, which was held in Washington, D. C, from September 23 until September 28, 1912.
On the 7th of November, 1900. Dr. Beck was united in marriage to Miss Minnie D. Zimmer and they occupy an enviable position in the social circles of Manitou. The Doctor gives his political allegiance to the Republican Party, while his religious faith is that of the Reformed church. He enjoys the confidence and esteem of his professional brethren in an unusual degree and has long been ranked among the leading medical practitioners of his part of the state.
From: The History of Colorado, Volume 3 (1919)
L. H. BECK, M. D.
Information provided by FAG volunteer Ron West
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