Background
Frederick Eberson was born in New York, NY on February 10, 1892. He received degrees from
College of the City of New York (B.S., 1912), Iowa State College (M.S., 1915), Columbia
University College of Physicians and Surgeons (M.A., 1916, Ph.D., 1918) and the
University of Minnesota School of Medicine (M.B., M.D., 1924). Prior to receiving his
degree at Iowa State College, he served as an instructor in bacteriology. In 1916-1917 he
served as a research bacteriologist in charge of the department of research bacteriology
and pathology for the Northern Manchurian Plague Prevention Service in China. During
service with the U. S. Army (1917-1919), he was assistant pathologist and bacteriologist
at the Rockefeller Institute. From 1919-1921 he was an associate in dermatology and was
in charge of the syphilis research laboratory at Washington University Medical School in
St. Louis; a similar appointment at the Mayo Clinic occupied Dr. Eberson during
1922-1923.