Floyd J. Bolend, M. D.
(Extractions from his biography)
". . . . Dr. Floyd J. Bolend, one of Oklahoma's distinguished medical men, . . . . . .has attracted to himself a large and representative professional business, and has established a name and a standing for himself in his calling; as an educator his labors have been widespread and beneficial; but it is probable that his chief treasure is the command of the Medical Corps, Field Hospital of the Oklahoma National Guard, of which the U.S. War Department has said: "It is the best unit of its kind in the United States."
Doctor Bolend was born at Hot Springs, Arkansas, August 1, 1877, and is a son of George C. and Ethel (McCORMICK) Bolend. His father, a native of Tennessee and an engineer by vocation, moved as a young man to Arkansas and for some years resided at Hot Springs, subsequently moved to Milwaukee, Wisconsin, in 1881, and came to Oklahoma at the time of the opening, April 22, 1889, taking up his residence at Kingfisher, although he and Mrs. Bolend are now residents of Sulphur, Oklahoma. While residing at Milwaukee, Mr. Bolend was for about ten years engineer of the plant of the Pabst Brewing Company.
Floyd J. Bolend was a child of four years when he accompanied his parents to Milwaukee, and there he received his early education in the graded and high schools. He later completed the prescribed course at the Agricultural and Mechanical College, Stillwater, Oklahoma, and then entered the University of Oklahoma, where he was graduated in 1901 with the degree of pharmaceutical chemist. Doctor Bolend took his medical course at the St. Louis College of Physicians and Surgeons at St. Louis, Missouri, where he was graduated in 1906 with the degree of Doctor of Medicine at Oklahoma City, where he has continued in the enjoyment of a steadily increasing business and reputation.
. . . . . . Fraternally, Doctor Bolend is connected with the Masons, the Knights of Pythias and the Odd Fellows. He also holds membership in the University Club of Oklahoma, and is identified with the United Commercial Travelers Association, of which he is one of the grand officials. . . . .
In March, 1903, Doctor Bolend was married to Miss Mary RICKEY, daughter of Dr. Joseph RICKEY, of Boone City, Missouri, and to this union there has come one daughter: Ethel Bolend. The family home is situated at No. 1507 North Broadway."