Chenik, Ferdinand
Physician and surgeon. Business address: 3105 Carpenter Ave., Detroit, Mich. Born in Braila, Roumania, Dec. 7, 1892; son of Frank Chenik and Anna Floch. In 1919 University of Michigan granted him B.A. degree. Studied medicine at School of Medicine, Wayne University, Detroit, Mich. and Received from same M.D. degree in 1924. Took post-graduate course in laryneal surgery and bronchoscopy at School of Medicine, Temple University, Philadelphia, Pa., in 1940. Married Josephine Dudzinski, Dec. 19, 1921. Has three children. Assistant and instructor in Biology, University of Michigan, 1919. Interned at St. Mary's Hospital, Detroit, Mich.,1924-25. Superintendent and medical director of Chenik Hospital, Detroit, Mich., since 1934. Fellow of American College of Chest Physicians. Member of: Trudeau Society of Michigan, American Trudeau Society, American Academy of Tuberculosis Physicians, National Tuberculosis Ass'n, Michigan Tuberculosis Ass'n, American Medical Ass'n, Wayne County Medical Society, Michigan State Medical Society, Polish Arts Club, Detroit, Mich.; Detroit Yacht Club, Medical and Dental Art Club. Honorary president of Institute of Educational Aid, Detroit, Mich. Author of following works: "The Living Organism a Chemical Laboratory," 1930; "The White Plague," 1937; "Diagnostic Features of Silicosis and Silico-Tuberculosis," 1938 and other works. Residence: 18915 Oak Drive, Detroit, Mich.

From: "Who's Who in Polish America" by Rev. Francis Bolek, Editor-in-Chief; Harbinger House, New York, 1943