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WILLIAM
S. KELLER, M. D.. Numbered among
the prominent physicians of Cincinnati, is Dr. William S.
Keller, who was born in Middletown, Ohio, Sept. 30,
1882, a son of Charles A. and Louise (Sebald) Keller,
both of whom were natives of Butler county, Ohio.
Charles A. Keller was a merchant of Middletown, and was
recognized throughout his community as a man of sterling
character. Dr. William S. Keller was educated
in the public schools of his native city and later at the
Ohio Military Institute, at College Hill, Cincinnati, Ohio.
After remaining here for two years, Dr. Keller then
entered the Wesleyan University at Delaware, Ohio, where he
remained a short time. In two years he became a
student at the Ohio Medical College, at Cincinnati, from
which he was graduated with the class of 1904, with the
degree of Doctor of Medicine. Immediately after his
graduation, Dr. Keller entered the Presbyterian
hospital of Cincinnati, where he remained for one year as an
interne, later was resident physician at Christ hospital,
Cincinnati, Ohio, for one year and then became associated
with Dr. D. T. Vail, with whom he practiced nearly
three years. In 1900, he went to Vienna, Austria, and
entered the University of Vienna, where he took a
post-graduate course, and received a certificate from this
institution. Doctor Keller is a valued
member of the Academy of Medicine, the Ohio State Medical
Association, the American Medical Association, the American
Academy of Ophtholmology and Oto Laryngology and the
American Medical Association of Vienna, Austria.
Doctor Keller has been, for three years, president of
the Cincinnati Social Hygiene Society, is a member of the
Cincinnati Public Health Federation, instructor of
ophtholmology in the medical department of the Cincinnati
University, and staff member at Christ hospital and the
children's hospital. On the 26th of October, 1909,
Doctor Keller was united in marriage with Miss
Harriet Richardson, a daughter of Charles C.
Richardson of Glendale, Ohio. Mrs. Keller
who was born in Glendale, Ohio, and is a graduate of
Bartholomew Ely school for Women of Cincinnati.
She is an active member of the various societies and clubs
of her city, and is a president of the Cincinnati and Miami
valley Council Girl Scouts. Fraternally, Dr. Keller
is a member of the various bodies of the Masonic order, the
Beta Theta Pi college fraternity, the alpha Kappa Kappa
Medical Fraternity, the Business Men's Club of Cincinnati,
and the Chamber of Commerce. In religious affiliation,
Dr. Keller and his family are consistent members of
the Episcopal church, of which he is a vestryman.
Besides being an able physician and a true gentleman, Dr.
Keller is a jolly companion, true friend and neighbor,
and a citizen of whom any community might be proud.
Source: Memoirs of the Miami
Valley - Publ. Chicago: R. O. Law Co. - 1920 - Page 212 |