Published In
Ann Arbor News, July 19, 1947
Caption
When Dr. John A. Wessinger, Ann Arbor's apparently ageless health officer (he'll be 87 next month), was a young country doctor, he made his wintry rounds in a horse-drawn cutter (above), swathed in furs against the cold. Today he occupies an office on E. Huron St. near the city hall where he studies municipal health problems (below) and is "beginning to think about retiring" after serving the city 40 years.

Published In
Ann Arbor News, July 19, 1947
Caption
When Dr. John A. Wessinger, Ann Arbor's apparently ageless health officer (he'll be 87 next month), was a young country doctor, he made his wintry rounds in a horse-drawn cutter (above), swathed in furs against the cold. Today he occupies an office on E. Huron St. near the city hall where he studies municipal health problems (below) and is "beginning to think about retiring" after serving the city 40 years.

Published In
Ann Arbor News, June 29, 1950
Caption
Dr. John A. Wessinger (above), 89-year-old city health officer, will retire Saturday after 44 years of service in the post. County Health Director Otto K. Engelke will then take over joint duties as both city and county health officer under a plan authorized early this year by the City Council and the Board of Supervisors. Except for a one-year break, Dr. Wessinger has served as Ann Arbor's health officer since 1905.

Published In
Ann Arbor News, February 4, 1948
Caption
CITY OFFICIAL HONORED: Dr. John A. Wessinger (right), city health officer for 44 years, was given a scroll signed by his fellow city officials and thanking him for "long years of pleasant association" with them. Presentation was made by Mayor William E. Brown (left) at a luncheon yesterday.