Otto Westphal, D.D.S.

Otto Westphal, D.D.S., whose office is at No. 935 Market street, San Francisco, has been engaged in the practice of dentistry since 1884.  He was born in this State, in Napa county, in 1864, the son of Christian Westphal, who came to this State in 1850, where he first engaged in farming in Napa county, which he continued about ten years.  Since that time he has been connected with the real-estate business in San Francisco.  In 1872 he established a manufactory of morocco leather, and for some years conducted probably the largest tannery of that kind on the coast.  Of late years he has retired from all active business.  Both he and his wife were natives of Germany.

     Otto Westphal, our subject, received his early education in the public schools of this city, graduating at the grammar school, and also attended for a short time the San Francisco High School.  He afterward entered a private academy in this city for two years.  He first commenced active life as a manufacturing jeweler, in which occupation he remained two years, and afterward commenced the study of dentistry, under the preceptorship of Drs. Sylvester and Sullette, dentists of this city, with whom he studied one year.  He next entered the College of Dentistry of the University of California, where he graduated in 1887, after a full course of two years, receiving his degree as Doctor of Dental Surgery.  He at once entered into the practice of his profession in his present office.  Dr. Westphal is a member of the Pacific Coast Dental Association, of which he was a charter member, also a charter member of the Native Sons of the Golden West, and a Past President of the same, and also a member of the National Guard of California; --rank, First-Lieutenant and Commissary of the second Artillery Regiment, N.G.C.

 

Transcribed 9-6-04  Marilyn R. Pankey