Commissioner, Buffalo, 1891-1902; member Am. Micros. Soc., Pan-Am. Med. Assn., Am. Public Health Assn.; Fellow Electro-Therapeutic Assn. (Pres. 1901); Royal Micros. Soc., England; N. Y. State Med. Soc.; Supreme Pres. Order of the Iroquois. This sketch of his life is necessarily quite inadequate, but I have at least hinted at the worth of the man and his work. In private life, Dr. Wende was a man of simple, unpretentious habits, of direct purpose and method. He was a genial, loyal son and brother; an affectionate, devoted and loyal husband and father; a loyal, patriotic and publicspirited citizen. He might have made a fortune in money, but he cared so much for his profession, his city, and the welfare of mankind, and was so intent on bettering human conditions and human healthfulness, that money never seemed to be any object to him. To his family and his friends he left, however, a memory and a reputation that transcends any money value. |