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William Engvick. Bill Engvick playing piano in 1937. William Engvick (July 1, 1914 – September 4, 2012) was an American lyricist, [1] many of whose compositions appear in films. [2] Engvick graduated from the University of California, Berkeley in 1937. He is best known for his collaborations with composer Alec Wilder; they produced songs for ...
Susie Reed (adopted aboriginal American child) Walter Reed (September 13, 1851 – November 22, 1902) was a U.S. Army physician who in 1901 led the team that confirmed the theory of Cuban doctor Carlos Finlay that yellow fever is transmitted by a particular mosquito species rather than by direct contact.
- 1876–1902
- United States Army
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Jun 29, 2021 · The two 14-by-20-foot experimental shacks—built under the direction of U.S. Army Major Walter Reed, MD—sat 80 yards apart on a wide, grassy plain at Camp Lazear, near the town of Quemados, Cuba. Clusters of white canvas wall tents stood on either side at a respectful distance, like hospital visitors reluctant to approach the deathly ill.
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The Walter Reed Army Medical Center ( WRAMC ), officially known as Walter Reed General Hospital ( WRGH) until 1951, was the U.S. Army's flagship medical center from 1909 to 2011. Located on 113 acres (46 ha) in Washington, D.C., it served more than 150,000 active and retired personnel from all branches of the United States Armed Forces.
- United States
- 1 May 1909
- 27 August 2011
- United States Army
William Engvick (born July 1914) is an American lyricist, many of whose compositions appear in films. Engvick graduated as an art major from the University of California, Berkeley in 1937. He is best known for his collaborations with composer Alec Wilder, a partnership that began shortly after he came to New York from California in 1939 and ...
Select: CFC#38118 ». Walter Reed General Hospital opened it doors on May 1, 1909. The commander of the Army General Hospital, Major William C. Borden had worked for several years to get funds for a new hospital to replace the aged one at Washington Barracks, now Ft. McNair. It was Borden that also worked to have the new hospital named for his ...
Walter Reed. Actor: Flying Disc Man from Mars. The son of an Army officer, Walter Reed was born in Washington and grew up in Honolulu and Los Angeles, where he attended school with the children of movie stars. After his parents' divorce, and, during the darkest days of the Depression, 17-year-old Reed decided to try acting as a career and made ...
