Dr. C. Fred Becker

DR. CHARLES FREDERICK BECKER was born in William Penn PA in 1890. A 1910 graduate of Dickinson University's medical course, he graduated from Jefferson Medical College in Philadelphia in 1915. After interning at Cooper Hospital in 1916, Dr. Becker had just begun his medical practice when America entered World War I, in April of 1917. He served in the Army Medical Corps, and was wounded and gassed. He returned to Camden, and resumed his medical career, with offices at 620 Benson Street. Dr. Becker married Valeria Areulia Park around 1924, and a son was born to them, Charles Frederick Jr., in 1925.

Dr. Becker had a long and distinguished career, specializing both in neurology and psychiatry. Besides his medical practice, he also served on the teaching staff at Jefferson Hospital in Philadelphia PA. 

Dr. Becker passed away on July 22, 1951 after along battle with cancer. He was buried at Locustwood Cemetery in Delaware Township (present-day Cherry Hill) NJ.

Dr. Becker's son, Charles F. Becker III, followed his father into medicine after serving in the United States Army Air Force a corporal from 1945 to 1947. After interning at Cooper Hospital, he kept offices at 620 Benson Street.