Title Page | Collection Summary | Biographical/Organizational Note | Scope and Content | Arrangement
Biographical Note
| Date | Event |
|---|---|
| 1880, Jun. 9 | Born, Fairfield, Mo. |
| 1898-1899 | Student, Maryville College, Maryville, Tenn. |
| 1899 | Student, Mackenzie College, São Paulo, Brazil |
| 1903 | Graduate, Marion-Sims-Beaumont College of Medicine, St. Louis University, St. Louis, Mo. |
| 1904 | Resident physician, Maplewood Sanatorium, Jacksonville, Ill. Medical intern, Bellevue Hospital, New York, N.Y. Emergency medical service in New York, N.Y., following the sinking of the General Slocum (steamboat) |
| 1904-1905 | Medical superintendent of hospital and tropical pathologist, Puerto Rico |
| 1906 | Emergency medical service in San Francisco, Calif., following earthquake and fire |
| circa 1906 | Tropical pathologist in Panama and in the Canal Zone |
| 1906-1913 | Chief surgeon, Atchison, Topeka, and Santa Fe Railway, Los Angeles, Calif., and Albuquerque, N. Mex. |
| 1913-1914 | Medical superintendent, United Fruit Co., Colombia |
| 1914-1917 | Surgeon and physician for the French Army in Europe during World War I |
| circa 1915 | Married Fritzi Cutts (divorced circa 1944) |
| 1916 | Recreational travel around the world with wife |
| 1917-1919 | Surgeon and physician for the United States Army in Europe during and following World War I |
| 1918 | Wounded by phosgene gas in the Battle of the Argonne, Argonne, France |
| 1919 | Wounded in ambulance accident, La Ferté-Bernard, France |
| 1920-1937 | Medical practice in Tientsin, China |
| 1923 | Led first medical relief expedition to Yokohama-shi, Japan, following earthquake and fire; directed relief program of the United States Navy's Asiatic Fleet |
| 1938 | Returned to United States Awarded Military Order of the Purple Heart |
| 1940 | Founded the Woman's Ambulance and Defense Corps of America |
| 1941-1945 | United States Army officer in South Pacific and Alaska during World War II |
| 1945-1946 | Director, Marin Medical Center, Marin, Calif. |
| 1946-1951 | Physician and surgeon, Morrison-Knudsen Construction Co., Afghanistan |
| 1947 | Married Helen Grace Davis in Karachi, India (now Pakistan) |
| 1953-1954 | Physician, Owens-Corning Glass Co., Los Angeles, Calif. |
| 1954-1961 | Physician, Coast Federal Savings and Loan Association, Los Angeles, Calif. |
| 1961 | Retired |
| 1965, Oct. | Died, New Mexico |