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FLICKWIR, A. H. (1879-1939). A. H. Flickwir,
physician and city health officer, was born on April 28, 1879, in
Beardstown, Illinois, the son of David Henry and Catherine Rebecca (Norbury)
Flickwir. He attended public schools in Illinois and the University
of Illinois. He earned a medical degree from the University of
Pennsylvania in 1901 and took postgraduate training at Howard
Hospital (Philadelphia), Southside Hospital (Pittsburgh), and
Maplewood Sanatorium (Jacksonville, Illinois), where he also served
as a resident physician. Before World War I, he practiced at
Detroit, Michigan; Buda, Illinois; and Lyford, Blessing, and
Houston, Texas. He served in the Medical Corps of the United States
Navy during the war. He was health officer for the city of Houston
(1920-27) and director of public health and welfare for the city of
Fort Worth (1929-39). He served as president of the Harris County
Medical Society, vice president of the Texas State Medical
Association (see TEXAS MEDICAL ASSOCIATION), first president of the
Texas Public Health Association (1922), and a vice president of the
American Public Health Association. At the time of his death
Flickwir was president of District No. 2 of the Texas Public Health
Association, a member of the Executive Committee of the Fort Worth
Council of Social Agencies, a member of the Public Relations
Committee of the Tarrant County Medical Society, and secretary of
the public health section of the Texas State Medical Association. He
was a Legionnaire, a Mason, an Episcopalian, and a member of the
Military Order of Foreign Wars. He and his wife had two daughters.
He died in Fort Worth on July 26, 1939. |
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FORT WORTH, Texas, July 26 (AP).--Dr. Arthur Heath Flickwir, 60, City Health and Welfare Director here for ten years until his retirement last week, a veteran in public health and social service work, died Wednesday afternoon. Dr.
Flickwir became director of the health and welfare department here
on May 15, 1929, and for nine years prior was City Heath Officer at
Houston. His reputation as a health officer was recognized
nationally. While in Houston, he was an organizer and first
president of the Texas Public Health Association. |
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Captain, Lester Kintzing
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Captain, John B. Snover Manager, Charles A. Patterson
University of Pennsylvania 1901
Varsity Crew Rowing Team - Dr. Flickwir second row, left |
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Dr. Flickwir and his family were living
in Blessing when the 1900 census was enumerated. Lieut. U. S. Navy - from application for a military marker Dr. Arthur H. Flickwir, City Health Officer, Houston, TX - Texas State Journal of Medicine April, 1921
1920 Census - Houston, TX 3102
Franklin Street
City Directory Listing
Find A Grave listing for Dr. Flickwir includes information on
famous ancestors. |
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