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KILLEEN, Mary
KILLEEN, Mary. (Dubuque, IA-Dubuque, IA, July 15,1937). Physician. Killeen in 1935 became the first Dubuque woman to be listed in the Catholic Who's Who. After attending Catholic schools in Dubuque and graduating from DUBUQUE HIGH SCHOOL, she attended Iowa State Teachers College (now University of Northern Iowa) in Cedar Falls. She returned to Dubuque and taught for several years at PRESCOTT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL and was one of the first to support the teaching of music in the public schools. Killeen left the city to attend the College of Medicine at Michigan University and then pursued postgraduate work in Chicago and at Harvard.
Killeen returned to Dubuque as a physician and surgeon and served on the staff of Mercy and Finley hospitals. She organized the VISITING NURSE ASSOCIATION and the Dubuque Catholic Women's League. She was a lecturer at CLARKE COLLEGE and held memberships in the Dubuque Chamber of Commerce and the DUBUQUE FEDERATED WOMEN'S CLUB. She held a charter membership in the DUBUQUE ART ASSOCIATION and was a member of the Civic Music Association.