Dr. Sydney J. Wolferman
1889-1945

Dr. Sidney J. Wolferman was one of the organizers of the Cooper Clinic, Fort Smith. He was born January 7, 1889, in Streator, Illinois, and died February 18, 1945 in Fort Smith. His parents were David and Carolyn "Carrie" Frank (Heller) Wolferman. He graduated from Northwestern University School of Medicine in 1911, served as assistant resident and resident physician, St. Louis City Hospital, and as assistant to the dispensary physician of St. Louis until he located in Fort Smith for practice October 1, 1913. During World War I, he served as a first lieutenant in the regular army medical corps, attending the schools of oral and plastic surgery, orthopedic surgery, and the army x-ray school after graduation from the Army Medical School, Washington D. C. When he returned to Fort Smith from military service in 1920, he became one of the original partners in the Cooper Clinic. In organized medicine he served the Sebastian County Medical Society as president and secretary; the tenth councilor district as councilor for nine years; and the Arkansas Medical Society as president in 1945-46. He also served as councilor from Arkansas to the Southern Medical Association from 1939 to 1944. He was a fellow of the American Medical Association and of the American College of Surgeons. A member of the clinical staffs of St. Edward's Mercy and Sparks Memorial Hospital, Fort Smith, he served on the executive staffs of both, and had been both chief of staff and president of the clinical society at St. Edward's Mercy hospital. Dr. Wolferman wrote and published many scientific papers. His civic interest were extensive. He was a member and past president of the Fort Smith Rotary Club, a member of both the York and Scottish Rite Masonic bodies, the Grotto, the Shrine, the Elks Club, American Legion, 40 and 8, Military Order of Caraboo (1940 elected Ternero Caraboo). Military Order of World War I, and the First Presbyterian Church of Fort Smith. To his wife goes the credit for interesting him in his first hobby, Trout dry fly fishing. His wife was Elizabeth Moulton, daughter of Dr. Herbert Moulton and wife Lynn Crockett Moulton. U.S., World War I Jewish Servicemen Questionnaires, 1918-1921