Sacramento County
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EDOUARD SANDERSON LOIZEUX, M. D.
EDOUARD SANDERSON LOIZEAUX, M. D.—Careful
training, combined with broad practical experience and close study, have
enabled Dr. Edouard Sanderson Loizeaux
to make continuous progress in his profession. He is engaged in the
general practice of medicine in Sacramento. Born
in Vinton, Iowa,
April 1, 1877, he is a son of Paul J. And Celia A.
(Sanderson) Loizeaux. His father was born
in France and came to this country
with his parents when a boy and settled in Iowa. He
was educated at Chartier
School in New York City;
and there he met Miss Sanderson, who was attending Abbott
School in New York,
and they were married. For a time they resided in Iowa, and then returned to New York, where
Mr. Loizeaux was in business until his death. The
doctor’s mother was born in Greene County, New
York, of Scotch-Irish parents.
In
the acquisition of an education, Dr. Loizeaux
attended the public schools of Plainfield, N. J., and also
Leal’s school for boys, afterward becoming a student at Columbia
University, from which he was
graduated in 1901 with the M. D. Degree. For two years he was identified
with New York hospitals, and during the ensuing three
years he was connected with the State Hospital
for the Insane at Middletown, N.Y. In
1907, Dr. Loizeaux came to Patton,
Cal., where he served as a physician on the
staff of the state hospital for two and a half years. In the fall of 1909,
he located in Sacramento to accept
a position in the city health department, having charge of laboratory
work. He made a highly creditable record, continuing until his resignation
on March 11, 1919, to accept the position as medical superintendent of the Sacramento
County Hospital,
a position he filled with efficiency until the time of the death of Dr. T. J.
Cox, when he resigned to take over his offices. He is now located at
Seventh and I Streets, engaged in the general practice of medicine.
Dr.
Loizeaux’s military record covers eight years’ service
in the National Guard of California. While connected with the
public-health service, he joined the Medical Corps, National Guard of
California, and was sent to the Mexican border as captain with the 1st
California Ambulance Company. Following his return, he was commissioned
major in the Medical Corps, National Guard of California, and was attached to
the 143rd Field Artillery, United
States Army ("Mary Pickford’s
Own"), with which he went overseas, remaining abroad for four months
during the progress of the World War. After the close of the war he was
discharged at the Presidio at San Francisco,
and immediately resumed his laboratory work.
Dr.
Loizeaux was united in marriage in New York
City, to Miss Vera L. Taft, who was born in Utica,
N.Y. He is a member of the Sacramento
County and California State Medical
Societies and the California Academy of Medicine. Fraternally, he is
identified with the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, and is a member of the
Sutter Club. He is also a member of the Sacramento Post, American Legion,
and the local post of the Veterans of Foreign Wars, in which he is officiating
as surgeon. He supports all worthy public enterprises and contributes his
share toward the progress of his city. He is an able exponent of his
profession, in which he fills a place of broad usefulness.
Transcribed 5-26-07
Marilyn R. Pankey.
Source: Reed, G.
Walter, History of Sacramento County,
California With Biographical Sketches, Page 845. Historic Record Company, Los Angeles, CA. 1923.
© 2007 Marilyn R. Pankey.