Pomeroy, F. K., M.D.

Dr. F. K. Pomeroy was born in Oswego, Oregon, on December 24, 1885, before moving to Palo Alto, California, in 1900. He earned his A.B. degree from Stanford University in 1911 and completed his M.D. at Columbia University in New York in 1914. After serving on the staff at the New York Post Graduate Hospital, he opened his medical practice in the Rowell Building in Fresno in July 1917, specializing in internal medicine.

During World War I, Dr. Pomeroy enlisted in July 1918 as a First Lieutenant, serving at Camp Kearney before deploying to France with Base Hospital No. 66 at Neufchâteau. Following his honorable discharge in July 1919, he returned to Fresno to resume his medical practice and focus on his career as a rising specialist. Married on March 7, 1918, to Miss Edith Hayden, daughter of Fresno Dr. T. M. Hayden, he established his permanent home and professional life in Fresno County.