CLASS OF 1889

Dr. Edward Thomas Abrams was born at Eagle River, Mich., November 20, 1860, and died of heart disease at Dollar Bay, Mich., May 20, 1918. His parents were Michael and Lydia (Chegwyn) Abrams

Dr. Abrams was a graduate of North Indiana University in the class of 1883, and received the master's degree from Olivet College in 1902. His medical training was obtained at Long Island College Hospital and at Dartmouth.

He became a well known and successful practitioner in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan, specially interested in surgery and gynecology. At his death he was first vice-president of the State Board of Health, and had been recently active in keeping the soldiers' cantonment at Camp Custer, Battle Creek, morally safe. He was a member of the American Medical Association and the American Association of Obstetrics and Gynecology, and was lecturer before the Lake Superior School of Nurses. He served two consecutive terms in the Michigan Legislature.

January 28, 1890, Dr. Abrams was married to Ida Lillian Howe, who survives him. Their only child is not living.