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While many representatives of the medical profession continue in the general field of medical and surgical practice, there are many who prefer to confine their efforts to a single line, thus attaining a point of efficiency that could not be secured if their labors were extended over a broader field. They thus become particularly skilled in certain branches of practice and it is in this way that Dr. Richard J. Muenzner has become well-known through the past ten years through his treatment of diseases of the eye. ear, nose and throat in Milwaukee. He was born in Chicago, June 26, 1875, and is the only child of Oscar and Emma (Pick) Muenzner. The father was a lithographer who died when the Doctor was but five years of age. He was a native of Germany, while his wife was born in Washington county, Wisconsin. After the death of her first husband she married George Boden of West Bend, Wisconsin, who has also passed away. He was a very excellent man and proved to be a most kindly stepfather to Dr. Muenzner, who reveres his memory as he does that of his own father.

Dr. Muenzner was reared in West Bend from the age of six years and was there graduated from the high school in 1893. He afterward taught school for a year and later pursued a pre-medical course in the University of Wisconsin covering two years. He subsequently studied in the medical department of Marquette University for four years and received his professional degree in 1900. He then began practice at Wabeno, Wisconsin, where he remained for a year, after which he devoted nine years to general practice at Allenton, Wisconsin, making steady progress in his chosen calling. In 1910 he went to Europe for postgraduate work and studied in Vienna. Berlin and London, particularly directing his attention to diseases of the eye, ear, nose and throat.

Before leaving for Europe. Dr. Muenzner was married in Milwaukee on the 10th of December, 1910, to Miss Alice Beck, a native of this city and a daughter of Charles Beck, a well-known box manufacturer of Milwaukee, who is now living retired. Dr. Muenzner took his bride with him to Europe and for two years they remained abroad. Their eldest child, Richard Charles, was born in Vienna. Upon returning to the United States in March, 1913, Dr. Muenzner and his wife located in Milwaukee, where the former has since devoted his entire attention to practice along the line of his specialty. He has developed his skill and ability in this direction to a high point and his practice has long been an extensive one. Formerly he served for six years on the teaching staff of Marquette University and he is now serving on the staff of the Emergency Hospital.

To Dr. and Mrs. Muenzner have been born seven children, five sons and two daughters: Richard Charles, Carl Frederick, George J., Alice, Elaine, William and Robert. The parents are members of the Roman Catholic church and Dr. Muenzner belongs to the Knights of Columbus and is a past lecturer and past deputy grand knight of the order. He also has membership in the Wisconsin Club and he finds his recreation in hunting and fishing. His connections along professional lines are with the Milwaukee Academy of Medicine, the Milwaukee County Medical Society, the Wisconsin State Medical Society and the American Medical Association.