Dr. Walter Michael Bortz and Jennie Catherine Robinson

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Husband Dr. Walter Michael Bortz ^{1 2 3}

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           Born: 27 Apr 1885 - near Youngwood, Hempfield Twp, Westmoreland Co, PA 2
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         Father: Adam Franklin Bortz (1862/1863-      ) 1 2 3 4
         Mother: Anna Margaret Wineman (      -      ) 2 3 5

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       Marriage: 23 Jan 1909 2 6

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Wife Jennie Catherine Robinson ^{2 6}

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         Father: Jacob R. Robinson (1832-      ) 2 6 7 8 9
         Mother: Josephine Worcester (      -      ) 6 7

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Children

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1 M Adam Franklin Bortz ^{2 6}

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           Born: 26 Aug 1910 6
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         Spouse: Jane Lyon Bartholomew (1918-      ) 6 10
           Marr: 22 May 1937 6

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2 M Donald Worcester Bortz ^{2 6}

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           Born: 19 Apr 1914 6
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3 F Helen Frances Bortz ^{2 11}

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           Born: 27 Feb 1916 11
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General Notes: Husband - Dr. Walter Michael Bortz

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Greensburg, Westmoreland Co, PA

He passed through all grades of the Greensburg public schools, finishing with high school, then entered Jefferson Medical College, Philadelphia, whence he was graduated Doctor of Medicine, class of 1908. After a term as interne at West Pennsylvania Hospital in Pittsburgh he located in Greensburg in general practice with offices on Penn avenue. He was a member of the Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania State and American Medical societies. He was a member of the First Reformed Church; Greensburg Lodge, No. 518, Free and Accepted Masons; Phi Alpha Sigma Fraternity.

Being educated in the public schools of Greensburg, Dr. Walter Michael Bortz matriculated in Jefferson Medical College, Philadelphia, in the fall of 1904, from which institution he received the degree of Doctor of Medicine in June, 1908. While a student in college, Dr. Bortz was a member of the Phi Alpha Sigma Fraternity, in his junior year serving as its secretary and in his senior year, as its president. After an interneship in the Western Pennsylvania Hospital, Pittsburgh, during 1908 and 1909, Dr. Bortz located in Greensburg where he then practiced. In 1910 he was made a member of the medical staff of the Westmoreland Hospital, and he was for a time president of the hospital staff. During the first World War, Dr. Bortz interrupted his career to serve in the United States Army Medical Corps, was commissioned a first lieutenant, mustered into service April, 1918, and was stationed at Fort McPherson, Georgia. One month later, he was assigned to duty on the medical service at Embarkation Hospital, Newport News, Virginia. With the emergency ended, he was honorably discharged January 29, 1919, and returned to practice in his home town. Taking advantage of his experience in the army, Dr. Bortz elected to confine his work to the diagnosis and treatment of diseases of internal medicine. His work in this field was recognized by the American College of Physicians and on February 26, 1926, he was elected as one of its Fellows. Later, when the various specialties of the profession were standardized, the American Board of Internal Medicine in 1938 qualified him as such a specialist. Dr. Bortz is a member of the American Medical Association, the Pennsylvania Medical Society and the Westmoreland County Medical Society. In this latter organization, he always took a keen and active interest in everything pertaining to its advancement and welfare and was its president in 1924 to 1925. In 1923 Dr. Bortz was instrumental in initiating a program of advanced study and clinics for his county society, bringing in as teachers and clinicians men of national and international reputation. On numerous occasions, Dr. Bortz presented scientific papers before the various medical societies, many of which were published in magazines and books, particularly in the "Cyclopedia of Medicine." A member of Greensburg Rotary Club, he served as its president in 1937 to 1938. Dr. Bortz was a thirty-second degree member of the Free and Accepted Masons, being affiliated with Westmoreland Lodge, No. 518, Free and Accepted Masons; Kedron Commandery, No. 18, Knights Templar; Olivet Council, No. 13, Royal and Select Masters; Uranian Chapter, No. 192, Royal Arch Masons; Syria Temple, Pittsburgh, Ancient Arabic Order Nobles of the Mystic Shrine; and the Tall Cedars, of Derry, Pennsylvania. Dr. Walter Michael Bortz was a member of the First Reformed Church of Greensburg for over thirty years. He was also a member of the American Legion. As recreation, he enjoyed horticulture and agriculture, operating a small farm in Hempfield Township north of Greensburg.

1 John W. Jordan, History of Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, Genealogical Memoirs, Vol. III (Chicago, IL: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1906), Pg 352.

2 Fenwick Y. Hedley, Old and New Westmoreland, Vols. III & IV (New York, NY: The American Historical Society, Inc., 1918), Pg 85.

3 Lewis Clark Walkinshaw, A.M, Annals of Southwestern Pennsylvania, Vol. IV (New York, NY: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, Inc., 1939), Pg 227.

4 John W. Jordan, History of Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, Genealogical Memoirs, Vol. II (Chicago, IL: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1906), Pg 208.

5 John W. Jordan, History of Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, Genealogical Memoirs, Vol. II (Chicago, IL: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1906), Pg 84.

6 Lewis Clark Walkinshaw, A.M, Annals of Southwestern Pennsylvania, Vol. IV (New York, NY: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, Inc., 1939), Pg 228.

7 Samuel T. Wiley, Biographical and Historical Cyclopedia of Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA: John M. Gresham & Co., 1890.), Pg 157.

8 John W. Jordan, History of Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, Genealogical Memoirs, Vol. II (Chicago, IL: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1906), Pg 34.

9 John W. Jordan, LL.D, A Century and a Half of Pittsburg and Her People, Vol. III (New York: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1908), Pg 213.

10 Fenwick Y. Hedley, Old and New Westmoreland, Vols. III & IV (New York, NY: The American Historical Society, Inc., 1918), Pg 654.

11 Lewis Clark Walkinshaw, A.M, Annals of Southwestern Pennsylvania, Vol. IV (New York, NY: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, Inc., 1939), Pg 229.