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Biographies
PERCY EDWARD SWIFT
SWIFT, PERCY EDWARD,
Physician and Surgeon, Los Angeles, California, was born at Bayonne, New
Jersey, August 18, 1886, the son of Thomas Percy Swift and of
Margaret Christine (Hannan) Swift. Dr. Swift
received his primary education at Trinity School, New York City. From 1903 to
1905 he attended the Boys’ High School, Brooklyn, New York. From 1905 to 1906,
inclusive, he attended the Columbia Grammar School, New York City. From 1906 to
1910 he attended the College of Physicians and Surgeons, and then did post
graduate work at Roosevelt Hospital, New York City. He specialized in surgery
while at this hospital. He passed the New York state medical examination in
June of 1910, with high credit.
Dr. Swift removed to Los Angeles in August, 1910.
Immediately on his arrival he became associated with Dr. Coffey and began
active practice.
His record satisfied the regents of the University of
California and he was chosen, in spite of his youth, instructor in clinical
surgery in the Los Angeles Department of the Medical College of the State
Institution. He accepted this place January 1, 1910, six months after
getting his degree from Columbia University. He is now lecturing on his second
term.
He also finds time for a private practice. This is now on
all the ailments of which the medical profession treats, but he is planning to
specialize on surgery later.
He is a member of the Los Angeles County Medical Society,
of the California State Medical Society, and of the American Medical
Association.
In college and professional school he was invited to join
the Sigma Chi Fraternity and the Nu Sigma Nu, and he takes part in the counsels
and entertainments of these Greek letter societies in Los Angeles.
Transcribed by Marie Hassard
15 May 2011.
Source: Press
Reference Library, Western Edition Notables of the West, Vol. I, Page 674,
International News Service, New York, Chicago, San Francisco, Los Angeles, Boston,
Atlanta. 1913.
© 2011 Marie Hassard.
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