Cary Travers Grayson - Arlington VA
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Don.Morfe
N 38° 52.998 W 077° 04.176
18S E 320487 N 4305862
US Navy Rear Admiral. Personal physician to Presidents Theodore Roosevelt, William Howard Taft, and Woodrow Wilson. Chairman of the American Red Cross in 1935
Waymark Code: WM12M0R
Location: Virginia, United States
Date Posted: 06/13/2020
Views: 1
He is buried in Arlington National Cemetery in Section 30, Site S-24.
Description:
From Find A Grave: US Navy Rear Admiral. Born in Culpeper, Virginia, he entered the US Navy as a physician in 1903 and was appointed Acting Assistant Surgeon in 1904. In 1912, he was assigned to the Bureau of Medicine and Surgery and promoted Rear Admiral in August 1916. He was also personal physician to Presidents Theodore Roosevelt, William Howard Taft, and Woodrow Wilson. Grayson was twice 1933, 1937) inaugural committee chairman for Franklin Delano Roosevelt in 1933, 1937 and was chosen chairman of the American Red Cross in 1935, serving until he died in Washington D.C.
Date of birth: 10/11/1878
Date of death: 02/15/1938
Area of notoriety: Military
Marker Type: Headstone
Setting: Outdoor
Visiting Hours/Restrictions: None
Fee required?: No
Web site: [Web Link]
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