Eric P. Quain

Eric Peer Quain (August 22, 1870 – September 11, 1962) was a prominent physician and surgeon in Bismarck, North Dakota, and co-founder of the Quain and Ramstad Clinic (also known as the Q & R Clinic).

Early life Eric P. Quain was born as Eric P. Qven on August 22, 1870, in Sweden. At the age of 18, Quain immigrated to the United States, following the sudden death of his father and the remarriage of his mother. He came to Minnesota where he had relatives.

Career Quain completed medical school in 1898 and had an internship at the City and County Hospital in Saint Paul, Minnesota.

Military During World War I, Dr. Quain organized a team of doctors and nurses from North Dakota to go to France. He enlisted in the Officers Reserve Corps in April 1917. He was called into active service on October 31, 1917. He was commissioned a major and assigned to Medical Corps. He was made head of surgical services in France for the United States Army. Dr. Quain was overseas from August 22, 1918, to February 9, 1919, and he was part of the Meuse-Argonne offensive. Dr. Quain was discharged at Fort Snelling, Minnesota, on August 1, 1919, as a lieutenant colonel.

Personal life In 1903, Dr. Quain married Fannie Dunn, who was also a physician and a prominent citizen of Bismarck. Dr. Eric P. Quain and Dr. Fannie D. Quain had two children. They later divorced. In 1940, Dr. Quain was remarried to Hilda Gustafson, who served as the supervisor of the operating room at the Bismarck Hospital. Also in 1940, Dr. Quain retired and moved to Oregon. Dr. Quain died on September 11, 1962, at the age of 92. He is buried at Sunset Memorial Gardens in Bismarck, North Dakota.