DR. EDWARD CLARENCE MOORE

MOORE, DR. EDWARD CLARENCE, Physician and Surgeon, Los Angeles, California, was born January 20, 1882, at South Bend, Indiana, the son of Dr. Melvin L. Moore and Elizabeth (Holler) Moore. He married Helen Rowland at Los Angeles, April 18, 1906, and to them have been born two children, William Rowland and Helen Elizabeth Moore.

Dr. Moore is the youngest of a line of physicians noted in America for more than a hundred years, and known particularly in Indiana and in California as men of high scholarly attainments. His grandfather, Dr. Robert Moore, was the first graduate physician of the State of Indiana and his father is one of the most prominent physicians in the West.

Dr. Moore was taken to Los Angeles by his parents when he was three years of age and has spent his life there since that time. He attended the public schools of Los Angeles in his boyhood and upon completion of his high school work went back to his native State, where he studied for one year at Notre Dame University, the famous Hoosier State educational institution. This was the year 1897. The next year he returned to school at Los Angeles, entering the Belmont Preparatory School to fit himself for an admission to the University of California. He was at the preparatory school for two years.

He determined to follow in the footsteps of his father and early ancestors, and in 1900 he was admitted to the medical department of the University of California. This necessitated four years of study, at the end of which period he was graduated with the degree of Doctor of Medicine in June, 1904.

Dr. Moore’s father at that time, as now, was a leader in the profession in Los Angeles, as as he has studied extensively in the laboratories and hospitals in Europe in fitting himself for his practice, he was enabled to give of his great knowledge and experience to his son. The latter, immediately upon passing the State examinations, went into partnership with his father. His professional life, from the day of starting, was a most active one and for three years he worked with his father, devoting himself principally to surgery. In 1907 there came a period when he felt he could quit his practice for additional study. He went to Rochester, Minnesota, where he became clinical assistant to the celebrated brother surgeons, Drs. Mayo, whose famous sanitarium in the little northwestern town is one of the most famous institutions in the world of surgical science.

People go to the Mayos from all parts of the world, and some of their feats in surgery have not only startled the medical profession, but have made history for it. To be an associate of these great surgeons is a privilege accorded to few men. Dr. Moore was with the Mayos for a year, during which time he aided them in the performance of many of their wonderful operations and gained an experience that is almost invaluable to him. Later, in 1911, he spent three months additional with the Drs. Mayo.

Returning to Los Angeles in 1908, he resumed his practice with his father as chief surgeon of the firm of Drs. Moore, Moore & White, and at the present time handles nothing but surgical cases.

Dr. Moore’s expert work in the field of surgery placed him on the faculty of the Los Angeles Dept. of Medicine of the University of Cal., which position he has retained. He was made one of two surgeons to the L. A. Aqueduct Commission and is one of the attending surgeons to L. A. County Hospital.

He is Director of the California Hospital and is an active member of the American medical Association. He is also a member of the L. A. Clinical and Pathological Society, L. A. County Medical Society, Cal. State Medical Society and others. He is a member of the California and the Los Angeles Country clubs.

Transcribed 2-15-09 Marilyn R. Pankey.

Source: Press Reference Library, Western Edition Notables of the West, Vol. I, Page 197, International News Service, New York, Chicago, San Francisco, Los Angeles, Boston, Atlanta. 1913.

GOLDEN NUGGET'S LOS ANGELES BIOGRAPIES

GOLDEN NUGGET INDEX