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William Michael Edward Mellen
4th Mayor of Chicopee, Massachusetts [1]
In office 1894–1894
President of the Board of Aldermen of Chicopee, Massachusetts [1]
Member of the Board of Aldermen of Chicopee, Massachusetts [1]
Member of the Chicopee, Massachusetts School Board [1]
Personal details
Born	(1848-04-06)April 6, 1848 [1] Worcester, Massachusetts
Died	May 14, 1906(1906-05-14) (aged 58) [2] Chicopee, Massachusetts [2]
Nationality	American
Political party	Democratic [1]
Spouse	Kate M. Burke ​ ( m. 1883)​ [1]
Alma mater	University of Michigan Medical School, 1876 [1] [3]
Profession	Physician [1] [3]

William Michael Edward Mellen ^[4] (April 6, 1848 – May 14, 1906) was an American physician and politician who served as the fourth Mayor ^[3] of Chicopee, Massachusetts. ^[3]

Early life

Mellen was born in Worcester, Massachusetts. ^[1]

Education

Mellen received his medical diploma ^[3] from the University of Michigan Medical School in 1876. ^{[1] [3]}

Medical career

After he graduated from medical school Mellen practiced medicine in Northampton, Massachusetts for a year, ^[1] then in Chicopee, Massachusetts from 1878 until his death in May 1906. ^[1] In 1880 Mellen was admitted as a Fellow of the Massachusetts Medical Society. ^[4] In 1890 Mellen was chosen a delegate to the Tenth International Medical Congress in Berlin. ^[1]

Family life

In 1883 Mellen married Kate M. Burke of Chicopee, they had one child, a daughter. ^[1]

Death

Mellen died in Chicopee, Massachusetts ^[2] of a cerebral hemorrhage, on May 14, 1906. ^{[2] [3]}

Bibliography

• A Digest of the Acts of the Commonwealth Relating to the Massachusetts Medical Society: Together with the By-laws & Rules & Orders of the Society & Councillors, Boston, Massachusetts: Massachusetts Medical Society, page 24, (1881).
• Massachusetts of Today: A Memorial of the State, Historical and Biographical, Issued for the World's Columbian Exposition at Chicago, page 427, (1892).
• Medical Record: A weekly Journal of Medicine and Surgery, Vol. 69, No. 21., Obituary Notes, New York, New York: WM. WOOD & Co., page 842, (May 26, 1906).
• Michigan Alumnus, Vol XII, No 115 News-Obituaries, Ann Arbor, Michigan: The Alumni Association of the University of Michigan, p. 443, (June 1906).

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