Walter Reed Major, United States Army Medical Corps |
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at Belroi, Virginia, September 13, 1851, he received his medical degree
from the University of Virginia in 1869 and additional training at Bellvue
Medical College, New York City in 1870.
He was commisioned as Assistant Surgeon with the rank of Lieutenant, United States Army, and stationed at Fort Lowell, Arizona from 1876 to 1887. Was attending surgeon and examiner of recruits, Baltimore, Maryland, from 1890 to 1893. Was curator of the Army Medical Museum and promoted to Major, United States Army, 1893. He was appointed chairman of a commission sent to study yellow fever among US soldiers in Cuba in 1898, and proved that the disease was transmitted by mosquitos. In 1901-02 he was professor of patheology-bacteriology at Columbia Unviersity in Washington. He died on November 22, 1902, at age 51, from a sudden case of appendicitis. The Army Medical Center in Washington is named for him. He is buried in Section 3 of Arlington National Cemetery. His daughter, Blossom Reed (July 12, 1883-August
22, 1964), and his wife, Emily Lawrence Reed (January 14, 1856-July 23,
1950), are buried with him.
Photo Courtesy of the United States Army 
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