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Among the younger physicians of Milwaukee who have attained creditable position in professional ranks, having already reached a place that many an older representative of the profession might well envy, is Dr. Alfred Nicholas Edward Merten, who has his offices at No. 211 Grand avenue and who is practicing successfully as a physician and surgeon. He was born in West Bend, Wisconsin, July 16, 1895, and is a son of Jacob and Minnie (Gran) Merten. the former a traveling salesman who resides in Milwaukee. In their family were four sons. In the year 1906 the father removed with his family to Milwaukee, leaving West Bend, so that Dr. Merten continued his education in the public schools of this city, being graduated from the North Division high school with the class of 1913. A review of the broad field of business led him to the conclusion that he wished to make the practice of medicine and surgery his life work. Accordingly he spent five years as a student in the Marquette University and the last four years of that period were devoted to the study of medicine, bringing him to his graduation on the 10th of June, 1918, at which time the professional degree was conferred upon him. He afterward spent a year as interne in the Milwaukee Hospital, gaining broad and valuable experience which can never be acquired as quickly in any other way as in hospital practice. He was subsequently in charge of the laboratory of the hospital for about a year. During the World war he was a member of the Medical Reserve Corps, subject to call at any time, but was not asked to give his services to the country in that critical period. He belongs to the Milwaukee Medical Society, the Milwaukee County Medical Society, the Wisconsin State Medical Society and the American Medical Association and he keeps in close touch with what is being done by the most advanced members of the profession through his connection with these different bodies, whose various reports and publications are enlightening to all physicians and surgeons. On the 2nd of January, 1922, Dr. Merten was married to Miss Marie Ziarkowski of Milwaukee. They belong to the Roman Catholic church and Dr. Merten is identified with the Knights of Columbus. A resident of Milwaukee since a lad in his teens, he is today well known here and has an extensive circle of friends, while the number of his patients is growing year by year, showing that his powers are continually developing in the field of his chosen life work.