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ELEN M. DAVIS

Director of Volunteer Service, Lakeland General Hospital, Lakeland, Fla. Lieutenant Colonel, AMSC, USA (Ret.). Dietitian, 21st General Hospital, 1942-43, 9th Evacuation Hospital, European area, 1943-45; Chief Dietitian, McCornack General Hospital, Pasadena, Calif., 1947-48; Assistant Chief, Dietitian Section, Army Medical Specialist Corps, 1949-53; Chief Dietitian, Tripler General Hospital, T. H., 1954-56; Chief, Dietitian Section, and Assistant Chief, Army Medical Specialist Corps, 1956-60.

MARY E. FRAZEE

Chief Physical Therapist, Brooke General Hospital, Fort Sam Houston, Tex. Lieutenant Colonel, AMSC, USA. Physical Therapist, Lawson General Hospital, Atlanta, Ga., 1945-46, 319th Station Hospital, Germany,1946-48; Staff Physical Therapist, Walter Reed General Hospital, Washington, D.C., 1949-51, 1961-63, Valley Forge General Hospital, Phoenixville, Pa.,1951-52, U.S. Army Hospital, Camp Gordon, Ga., 1952-53; Instructor, Physical therapy Course, Medical Field Service School, Fort Sam Houston, Tex., 1954-57;Chief Physical Therapist, U.S. Army Hospital, Fort Jackson, S.C., 1957-58,Valley Forge General Hospital, 1964-66; Procurement, First Army, Governors Island, N.Y., 1958-61.

BARBARA R. FRIZ

Professional Staff, Division of Medical Sciences, National Academy of Sciences-National Research Council, Washington, D.C. Lieutenant Colonel, AMSC, USA (Ret.). Chief Physical Therapist, 148th General Hospital, Pacific area, 1942-45, Walter Reed General Hospital, Washington, D.C.,1947-50, Madigan General Hospital, Tacoma, Wash., 1951-53; Director, Physical Therapy Course, Medical Field Service School, Fort Sam Houston, Tex., 1953-58;Chief, Physical Therapist Section, and Assistant Chief, Army Medical Specialist Corps, 1958-62.

HELEN B. GEARIN

Major, WMSC, USA (Ret.). Chief Dietitian and Supervisor of Training Course for Student Dietitians, Walter Reed General Hospital, Washington, D.C., 1941-42; Superintendent of Dietitians and Director of Dietitians, Office of The Surgeon General, 1942-48; Chief, Dietitian Section, and Assistant to Chief, Women`s Medical Specialist Corps, February-June1948; Resigned, 30 June 1948; Returned to active duty, 5 March 1951; Executive Officer to Chief, Women`s Medical Specialist Corps, 1951-52; Chief, Food Service Division, Valley Forge General Hospital, Phoenixville, Pa., 1952-55.

THELMA A. HARMAN

Chief, Food Service Division, 130th Station Hospital, Consultant in Dietetics, 9th Hospital Center, Germany, and Consultant in Dietetics, United States Army Europe. Lieutenant Colonel, AMSC, USA. Dietitian in World War II hospital units in England, France, and Germany; Staff Dietitian, Brooke General Hospital, Fort Sam Houston, Tex., 1947-50, 1956-58; Chief Dietitian, U.S. Air Force Hospital, Elmendorf Air Force Base, Alaska, 1950-52;Chief Dietitian, U.S. Army Hospital, Camp Atterbury, Ind., 1952-54; Staff Dietitian, Walter Reed General Hospital, Washington, D.C., 1954-55; Chief, Food Service Division, U.S. Army Hospital, Fort Jackson, S.C., 1958-59,United States Army Medical Command, Japan, 1960-62, U.S. Army Hospital, Fort Leonard Wood, Mo., 1962-63, Valley Forge General Hospital, Phoenixville, Pa., 1965-66; Staff Dietitian, Walter Reed Army Institute of Research, Washington, D.C., 1963-65.

MARY S. LAWRENCE

Lieutenant Colonel, AMSC, USA (Ret.). Chief Physical Therapist, North Sector General Hospital, Schofield Barracks, T.H., 1940-43; Assistant to Director of Physical Therapists, Office of The Surgeon General, 1943-45;Chief Physical Therapist, Fitzsimons General Hospital, Denver, Colo.,1951-52, Valley Forge General Hospital, Phoenixville, Pa., 1957-61; Instructor, Physical Therapy Course, Medical Field Service School, Fort Sam Houston, Tex., 1952-53; Consultant, Physical and Occupational Therapy, United States Army Europe, 1961-62. Educational Administrator, Curriculum in Physical Therapy, University of Colorado Medical Center, Denver, Colo., 1947-51.

HARRIET S. LEE

Colonel, AMSC, USA (Ret.). Chief, Physical Therapy Section, Fitzsimons General Hospital, Denver, Colo., 1943-46, 1950-52; Assistant to Chief, Physical Therapy Branch, Office of The Surgeon General, 1946-48;Assistant to Chief, Physical Therapist Section, Women`s Medical Specialist Corps, 1948-50; Chief, Physical Therapist Section, Women`s Medical Specialist Corps, 1952-54; Chief, Army Medical Specialist Corps, 1954-58; The Historical Unit, United States Army Medical Service, 1958-60.

HILDA M. LOVETT

Lieutenant Colonel, AMSC, USA (Ret.). Staff Dietitian, Station Hospital, Fort McPherson, Ga., 1937-41; Chief Dietitian, Lawson General Hospital, Atlanta, Ga., 1941-46, 10th General Hospital, Philippines,1946-48, Walter Reed General Hospital, Washington, D.C., 1948-52, 1956-58;Chief, Dietitian Section, and Assistant Chief, Army Medical Specialist Corps, 1952-56.

EDNA LURA

Lieutenant Colonel, WMSC, USA (Ret.). Chief Physical Therapist, Army and Navy General Hospital, Hot Springs, Ark., 1930-43; Physical Therapy Department, Office of The Surgeon General, Washington, D.C., 1943-45; Physical Therapy Consultant, General Headquarters, Far East Command, Philippines and Japan, 1945-47; Chief, Physical Therapist Section, and Assistant Chief, Women`s Medical Specialist Corps, 1948-52.

KATHARINE E.MANCHESTER

Chief, Food Service Division, Walter Reed General Hospital, Washington, D.C. Colonel, AMSC, USA. Chief Dietitian, Doctors Hospital, Washington, D.C., 1939-40; Dietitian, Walter Reed General Hospital, 1940-41;Head Dietitian, U.S. Army Hospital, Fort Leonard Wood, Mo., 1941-43; Assistant to the Chief, Dietetic Consultants Division, Office of The Surgeon General,1934-48; Dietitian, Management Research, Valley Forge General Hospital, Phoenixville, Pa., and in Medical Plans and Operations Division, Office of the Surgeon General, 1949-52; Chief, Food Service Division, 130th Station Hospital, Germany, and Food Service Consultant to the Chief Surgeon, Headquarters, United States Army Europe, 1952-55; Chief, Food Service Division, and Director, Dietetic Internship Program, Brooke General Hospital, Fort Sam Houston, Tex., 1955-60; Chief, Dietitian Section, and Assistant Chief, Army Medical Specialist Corps, 1960-64.

MYRA L. MCDANIEL

Lieutenant Colonel, AMSC, USA (Ret.). Chief Occupational Therapist, Wakeman General Hospital, Camp Atterbury, Ind., 1945-46, Madigan General Hospital, Tacoma, Wash., 1946-50, Fitzsimons General Hospital, Denver, Colo., 1951-52; Director, Army School of Occupational Therapy, Medical Field Service School, Fort Sam Houston, Tex., 1953-55; Chief Occupational Therapist, Valley Forge General Hospital, Phoenixville, Pa., 1955; Chief, Occupational Therapist Section, and Assistant Chief, Army Medical Specialist Corps, 1955-59; Chief, Occupational Therapy Section, Walter Reed General Hospital, Washington, D.C., 1959-60; The Historical Unit, United States Army Medical Service, 1960-65; Chief, Occupational Therapy Section, Brooke General Hospital, Fort Sam Houston, Tex., 1965-67.

NELL WICKLIFFEMERRILL

Colonel, WMSC, USA (Ret.). Chief Dietitian, Brooke General Hospital, Fort Sam Houston, Tex., 1943-46, Walter Reed General Hospital, Washington, D.C., 1947-48; Dietetic Consultant to the Surgeon, Japan Logistical Command, and Far East Command, 1949-51; Chief, Women`s Medical Specialist Corps, 1952-54.

RUTH A. ROBINSON

Colonel, AMSC, USA (Ret.). Chief, Occupational Therapy Section, Thomas M. England General Hospital, Atlantic City, N.J., 1944-45, Brooke General Hospital, Fort Sam Houston, Tex., 1946-48, Fitzsimons General Hospital, Denver, Colo., 1952-54, Walter Reed General Hospital, Washington, D.C., 1955-58, 1962-65; Consultant to the Surgeon, First Army, Governors Island, N.Y., 1945-46; Chief, Occupational Therapist Section, and Assistant Chief, Women`s Medical Specialist Corps, 1948-52; Chief, Army Medical Specialist Corps, 1958-62.

PHYLLIS R. STROBEL

Major, AMSC, USA (Ret.). Staff Physical Therapist, Walter Reed General Hospital, Washington, D.C., 1946-49, 1961-62, Brooke General Hospital, Fort Sam Houston, Tex., 1949-52, Letterman General Hospital, San Francisco, Calif., 1953-54, Fitzsimons General Hospital, Denver, Colo.,1962-65; Chief Physical Therapist, U.S. Army Hospital, Landstuhl, Germany, 1954-56, U.S. Army Hospital, Fort Chaffee, Ark., 1956-58, DeWitt Army Hospital, Fort Belvoir, Va., 1958-61.

EMMA E. VOGEL

Colonel, WMSC, USA (Ret.). Supervisor of Physical Therapists and Supervisor of Army Physical Therapy Training Course, Walter Reed General Hospital, Washington, D.C., before 1942; Assigned to Office of The Surgeon General to organize Physical Therapy Branch, 1942; Superintendent of Physical Therapists and Director of Physical Therapists, Office of The Surgeon General, 1942-47; Chief, Women`s Medical Specialist Corps, 1947-51.

WILMA L. WEST

Consultant in Occupational Therapy, the Children`s Bureau, Department of Health, Education, and Welfare, Washington, D.C. Major, AMSC,USAR. Head Occupational Therapist, Orthopedic Section, Walter Reed General Hospital, Washington, D.C., 1943-44; Assistant Chief, Occupational Therapy Branch, Office of The Surgeon General, 1944-46; Executive Director, American Occupational Therapy Association, New York, N.Y., 1947-51; Director, Army School of Occupational Therapy, Medical Field Service School, Fort Sam Houston, Tex., 1951-53; Director, Curriculum Study of the American Occupational Therapy Association, 1961-63.

BEATRICE WHITCOMB

Consultant in Physical Therapy to the Pinellas County Visiting Nurse Association and to nursing homes, Clearwater, Fla. Lieutenant Colonel, AMSC, USA (Ret.). Staff Physical Therapist, Ashford General Hospital, White Sulphur Springs, W. Va., 1945; Assistant Chief, Physical Therapy Section, U.S. Army Hospital, Fort Knox, Ky., 1946, Valley Forge General Hospital, Phoenixville, Pa., 1947-48, Letterman General Hospital, San Francisco, Calif., 1952-53; Instructor, Physical Therapy Course, Medical Field Service School, Fort Sam Houston, Tex., 1948-52; Chief, Army Medical Specialist Corps Assignment and Career Guidance Sections, Office of The Surgeon General, 1953-57; Chief, Physical Therapy Section, 98th General Hospital, Germany, and Consultant in Physical Therapy to the Surgeon, United States Army Europe, 1957-59; Chief, Physical Therapy Section, Walter Reed General Hospital, Washington, D.C., 1960-62.