History of the Lemen family, of Illinois, Virginia and elsewhere . nt the consulting surgeon of the Union Pa-cific, Denver & Gulf Railway, also, consulting surgeonto St. Lukes Hospital. On the reorganization of the staff of attendingphysicians and surgeons to St. Josephs Hospital hewas honored with the presidency of that body, as wellas being selected as the attending surgeon for thatinstitution. In 1889 he was appointed by Governor Cooper asa member of the Board of Commissioners for theState Insane Asylum, serving continuously for sixyears, the last two as president of the board. In 1893 he w
History of the Lemen family, of Illinois, Virginia and elsewhere . nt the consulting surgeon of the Union Pa-cific, Denver & Gulf Railway, also, consulting surgeonto St. Lukes Hospital. On the reorganization of the staff of attendingphysicians and surgeons to St. Josephs Hospital hewas honored with the presidency of that body, as wellas being selected as the attending surgeon for thatinstitution. In 1889 he was appointed by Governor Cooper asa member of the Board of Commissioners for theState Insane Asylum, serving continuously for sixyears, the last two as president of the board. In 1893 he was appointed Health Commissionerof the city of Denver, serving one term of two years. In May, 1896, he was elected a member of theBoard of Education of School District No. 1, for theterm of three years. Dr. Lemen has always taken a great interest in allthat pertains to his profession, and has been active inthe advancement of medical education in the West—having for two years lectured in the Medical Depart-ment of the University of Denver; then occupied the. BIOGRAPHICAL. 285 chair of surgery for one year in the Gross MedicalCollege, and for the past four years has filled thechair of clinical surgery at the Medical School of theUniversity of Colorado. In 1887 the honorary de-gree of A. M. was conferred upon Dr. Lemen byShurtleff College. Dr. Lemen is a member of the Denver andArapahoe Medical Society, of the Colorado StateMedical Society, of the American Medical Associa-tion, of the National Association of Railway Surgeonsand of the American Academy of Railway has served as president of the Denver MedicalAssociation, and as vice-president of the AmericanAcademy of Railway Surgeons. He was electedpresident of the American Academy of Railway Sur-geons at the meeting held in Chicago in 1896. Dr. Lemen is a prominent member of the Masonicfraternity, having taken the thirty-second degree;he is also a Knight Templar and a Shriner. Dr. Lemen was married to Miss Lizzie, da
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