Title Page | Collection Summary | Biographical/Organizational Note | Scope and Content | Arrangement
Biographical Note
| Date | Event |
|---|---|
| 1889, Aug. 29 | Born, St. Clair, Pa. |
| 1913 | Graduate, Hahnemann Medical College, Philadelphia, Pa. |
| 1914 | Lieutenant, Medical Corps, U. S. Naval Reserve |
| 1915-1916 | Transferred to regular navy and served with the Artillery Battalion, U.S. Marine Corps Expeditionary Force, Haiti |
| 1917 | Served on the Wyoming (battleship) |
| 1917-1918 | Surgeon, U.S. Marine Corps Sixth Regiment in France; demonstrated "extrodinary heroism" while aiding wounded marines, which would be recognized by the award of the Medal of Honor |
| 1919-1922 | Director, Bureau of Naval Affairs, American Red Cross |
| 1922-1929 | Lieutenant commander and medical officer on board the presidential yacht, Mayflower; served as a personal physician to Presidents Warren G. Harding and Calvin Coolidge. |
| 1929-1933 | Physician to the White House, serving Presidents Herbert Hoover and Franklin D. Roosevelt |
| 1931 | Promoted to commander, U.S. Navy |
| 1933-1935 | Served on board the hospital ship Relief |
| 1935-1938 | Served at the Naval Hospital and then as force medical officer, Fleet Marine Force, San Diego Naval Base |
| 1938 | Senior medical officer, Saratoga (aircraft carrier) |
| 1939 | Commanding officer of the Naval Dispensary, Long Beach, Calif. Promoted to captain |
| 1940 | Senior medical officer, Naval Air Station, San Diego, Calif. Medical officer-in-command, Naval Hospital, Seattle, Wash. |
| 1945 | Promoted to commodore |
| 1945 | Fleet medical officer to commander, Third Fleet Promoted to rear admiral |
| 1946 | District medical officer, Eleventh Naval District, San Diego, Calif. |
| 1946-1947 | Director, medical survey group of the bituminous coal industry |
| 1948 | Executive secretary, Secretary of Defense's Committee on Medical and Hospital Services of the Armed Forces |
| 1948-1950 | Member, Hoover Commission |
| 1950 | Appointed inspector general of the Navy Medical Department; served in Korea Retired with rank of vice admiral |
| 1951-1955 | Chief medical director, Veterans Administration |
| 1974, Apr. 2 | Died, Washington, D.C. |