ALEXANDER  P.   BERGMAN, M.  D.

     Prominent among the most skilled and efficient physicians of New Haven is Dr. Alexander P. Bergman, who is specializing in Roentgen ray practice. He is thoroughly qualified for this field of activity by broad preparatory training. He was born May 2, 1869, in Stockholm, Sweden, a son of Peter Bergman, who was also a natve of that country and was a very prominent agriculturist. In fact he was one of the first scientifically educated farmers of Sweden, having graduated from the National Agricultural College of that country. He lived and died in Sweden and long occupied a position among the influential residents of his native land. His business affairs were so wisely and carefully conducted that he became fairly well-to-do in that country for the times. In 1885 he passed away at the age of sixty years, leaving behind him many friends who sincerely mourned his death because of the sterling traits of character which he had displayed. He married Emma Lundin, a native of Sweden, who died in 1884 at the age of forty-nine years. In their family were two children: Dr. Bergman; and Pauline, who is now the widow of Gustavus Rastrom of Stockholm, Sweden.
     Dr. Bergman acquired his preliminary education in the schols of his native country and also attended the Stockholm Real Gymnasium, from which he was graduated in 1888 with the Bachelor of Science degree. His father's deep interest in education naturally led him to give his son excellent opportunities in this direction and, prompted by laudable ambition, Dr. Bergman has ever taken advantage of his opportunities and has steadily progressed in the learned professions. While still in Sweden he served for two years as a member of the Heavy Artillery branch of the army. In 1890, however, he bade adieu to friends and native country and sailed for the new world. Arriving in New York on April 30, he at once took up the study of medicine and in 1892 entered the New York University, where he pursued his medical course and was graduated with the class of 1895 in which year his final papers in citizenship were issued. Immediately afterward he spent a year in Bellevue Hospital in connection with the dispensary department, making a specialty of women's and children's diseases. He then opened an office at Fly Creek, New York, where he remained until 1899, when he came to New Haven, arriving in this city in the month of April. Since that time he has been an active member of the medical profession in the city of elms and has specialized in Roentgen ray practice, being one of the foremost representatives of this branch of the profession. He has studied broadly in that field and his work is an exemplification of a high degree of efficiency. He is a member of the staff of St. Raphael's Hospital and does all of the X-ray work for the New Haven Dispensary.
     On the 3d of January, 1895, Dr. Bergman was married in New York city to Miss Christina Scholz, a native of New Haven and a daughter of Julius and Christina Scholz, who belonged to old and prominent New Haven families of German descent. Dr. and Mrs. Bergman have a daughter, Gertrude Pauline, who was born in New York, February 13, 1896.
    In politics Dr. Bergman follows an independent course, voting according to the dictates of his judgment without regard to party ties. He is a Mason, holding membership in Trumbull Lodge, No. 22, F. & A. M., having been initiated into the order at Cooperstown, New York, on the 7th of February, 1899. He joined the Odd Fellows lodge at Cooperstown and now has membership with the Svea Lodge of that order in New Haven. He is also a member of the Modern Woodmen of America and the Foresters as well as a number of other fraternal and social organizations. Along strictly professional lines his association is with the New Haven, the New Haven County, the Connecticut State, the American Medical Association and the American Roentgen Ray Society.
     Dr. Bergman had a capital of but fifty dollars when he landed in New York and upon that foundation he has builded his success. His deep interest in professional advancement led him to take up the study of medicine and in that field he has made continuous progress. He is very conscientious in the performance of his professional duties, holds to high ideals and is most careful in the diagnosis of his cases. His judgment concerning the outcome of disease is seldom, if ever, at fault and he enjoys in large measure not only the confidence of the public but also the confidence of his professional colleagues. He has never had occasion to regret his determination to come to the new world, for here he has found the opportunities which he sought and in their utilization has made for himself a most creditable position as a successful medical practitioner.