Steffen, Dr. Lyman A.

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• Biography: History of Langlade County, Wisconsin
• Military Service: Between 8 Aug 1917 and 13 Jun 1919; Royal Army Nedical Corps

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Biography:
LYMAN A. STEFFEN, M. D. The name of Stef- fen has been identified with the progress of Antigo for nearly forty years and will continue for many years to come, no doubt, to be synonomous with good citizenship and civic advancement. Dr. Lyman A. Steffen was born July 20, 1887, in Antigo, Langlade Coun- ty, Wisconsin, the son of Dr. I. D. and Effie L. Stef- fen. As a boy Dr. Steffen attended the public schools of Antigo, then but a few years old as an incorpor- ated city, and in June, 1905, he was graduated from the Antigo High School. He entered the University of Wisconsin in the fall of 1905 and until the fall of 1908 he was with that institution. While there he was chosen a member of the Apha Delta Phi fraternity. He then entered the medical department of the Uni- versity of Chicago, being there from 1908 to 1910. The next two years, 1910-12 he spent at the famous Rush Medical College, from which he graduated in June, 1912. While at Rush he was honored with mem- bership in the Alpha Kappa Kappa medical fratern- ity. Following his graduation the young medic served for nearly a year as interne at St. Anthony de Padua Hospital in Chicago.
Completing his medical course Dr. Steffen became first assistant to the chief physician and surgeon in charge of the employes of the Virginia-Rainey Lake Lumber Company at Virginia, Minnesota, largest lum- bering institution in the world. He returned to An- tigo, his birthplace, in October, 1913, and became as- sociated with his father in the practice of his profession.
When the world war broke out he enlisted. May, 1917, and was called into service August 8, 1917. He sailed for England on August 29, 1917, and became attached to the Royal Army Medical Corps. He was stationed six months in England (Manchester) with the Second Western General Hospital, when he was ordered to France, in March, 1918, to become attached to the 63rd Royal Naval Division, B. E. F. He served two months with the 148th Field Ambulance of the B. E. F., and then was assigned as medical officer in charge of the 317th Field Artillery Brigade, 63rd Division. Dr. Steffen attained the rank of Captain while in service. In February, 1919, he returned from France to England and was again stationed at the Second Western General Hospital upon his re- quest as he desired more surgical practice.
In May, 1919, he was transferred to the U. S. forces and returned to the United 'iStates, landing in New York on June 12, 1919, and being honorably discharged June 13, 1919, at Camp/Dix, New Jersey. He was awarded the British Military Cross, coveted British honor, while serving in the war. Dr. Steffen had the unique distinction of taking a Masonic degree with an Australian and a Canadian in February, 1918, and still holds membership in the Charlton-cum-Hardy chapter, a suburb of Manches- ter, England. Fraternally he is allied with the Masons, Elks, Moose and Knights of Pythias. Dr. Steffen was selected City Health Physician of Antigo, in June, 1920.
September 23, 1914, he was married to Miss Erma Hessel, daughter of John Hessel, pioneer Antigo mer- chant, and two children, Jean Louise and Elizabeth Allen, have been born to this union. The Steffen family resides at 511 Fifth Avenue. Dr. Steffen is a member of the Langlade County Medical Society, of which he has been President for the past three years, a member of the Wisconsin State Medical Association, the American Medical As- sociation, the American Association of Railway Sur- geons, and the Chicago & Northwestern Surgical As- sociation.

Lyman married Hessel, Erma 23 Sep 1914. Erma died Yes, date unknown. [Group Sheet]