Michael R. Haley, M. D., physician and surgeon at Piqua and a valued member of the Miami county medical profession, was born at Wilmington, Ohio, May 25, 1885, a son of William and Mary (Denehy) Haley, his father being for many years a farmer in the vicinity of Wilmington. Michael R. Haley attended the public schools of his native community and St. Xavier's College, Cincinnati, following which he pursued a course at St. Louis (Mo.) University and was graduated in 1913. Subsequently he furthered his preparation by post-graduate work in hospitals and then engaged in practice at Piqua. May 25, 1917, he entered the United States Medical Corps and was assigned to Fort Benjamin Harrison, where he received his first lieutenant's commission, being then sent to Camp Taylor as a member of the medical examining board. Later he went to the Camp Sherman (Ill.) Field Hospital No. 335, and went overseas with the Eighty-fourth Division and was long engaged in field hospital work. Upon his return to the United States he resumed his practice, at Piqua, where he now has a large and important professional business. Doctor Haley is a member of the American Legion, of the Knights of Columbus and of St. Mary's Catholic Church. August 13, 1919; he married Cecelia, daughter of Henry Ratterman, a buggy manufacturer of Cincinnati.