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...President of the A. M. A. is Dr. Dean De Witt Lewis, wealthy Baltimore (Johns Hopkins) surgeon, elected last year. Elected last week to be president for 1934-35 was Dr. Walter Lawrence Bierring. 64, rich Des Moines internist, able diagnostician, a descendant of Vitus Jonassen Bering for whom Bering Strait was named. Dr. Bierring reads, writes and fondly speaks Danish, German, French. His polyglot library is one of Des Moines' most extensive. He takes a brief case full of books on his frequent lecture tours of Iowa, reads as his chauffeur drives him between communities. Des Moines hostesses...
...Named for Vitus Jonassen Bering (1681-1741), Danish navigator, ancestor of Dr. Walter Lawrence Bierring, 63, able Des Moines diagnostician, "dean of Iowa physicians," much sought dinner guest, skilled croquet-player, recently a nominee for the presidency of the American Medical Association...
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