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its - - John Dill Robertson, B. S., lVl. D., was born on March 6, IS7 I, in Indiana County, Pennsylvania. He became interested in railroad work and was a telegrapher for a number of years in the Middle West. Realizing that he was not living up to the fullest of his abilities, he went to Tyrone, Penna., and read Medicine for a period of six months under Dr. C. M, Ewing. At the expira- tion of this time he came to Chicago and entered Bennett, from which he grad- uated in IS96. l-le took the competitive examination for interne at Cook County l-lospital, which he successfully passed, and served there during i896- 1897. After completing his interneship he opened an oflice on the West Side and became connected with Bennett, where he occupied the Chair of Chemis- try. He was appointed Attending Surgeon of Cook County Hospital in i898 and remained in this capacity until the spring of I9 l 3, when his multitudinous duties made it necessary for him to relinquish his position. ln i900 he organ- ized the American College of Medicine and Surgery, now the Chicago College of Medicine and Surgery. Two years later he was instrumental in building the Frances E. Willard Hospital. ln i905 he sold the American College of Medi- cine and Surgery to Valparaiso University, and again became connected with Bennett, where he was appointed Professor of Surgery. At this time, jeffer- son Park l-lospital, of which he was the founder, became affiliated with Ben- nett. ln i908 he was elected President of the Board of Trustees of Bennett, which position he held until June, IQI4. The school in a very short time showed the influence of his energy and spirit and has been steadily progressing from the time he became associated with it. ln addition to his professional and college duties, Dr. Robertson is Vice-President of the State Board of .Agriculture from the Sixth Congressional District, and is Superintendent of the Boys' State Fair School, the Educational Department, and the Emergency Hospital on the State Fair Grounds at Springfield. As an author and in- structor he stands high in the medical profession. Member of the American Medical Association and the Chicago Medical Society. Member of the Phi Delta Epsilon Fraternity. IH
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