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Prof. Gorgas, Columbia (LOC)

from The Library of Congress

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  • Nathan Adams said:
    William Caldwell Gorgas was Surgeon General & held rid Havana of yellow fever. www.encyclopedia.com/topic/William_Crawford_Gorgas.aspx#1...
  • swanq said:
    Received honorary degree at Columbia on June 4, 1913, according to NYT the following day query.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=9E01E0D81F3AE633A...
  • Nancy Liu said:
    Can we usually see intelligence on people's face? Remember the movie Amadeus Mozart, the Antonio is in a party searching for a face looks like Morzat the most? Mozart do look different for his genius quality which is very rarely exist in human society. Mozart is an unusal special case. Most fine people can show the quality of their intensed training and intelligence by seeing their faces.
  • Kristi (LOC P&P) said:
    captainslack and swanq: Thanks for the info! This is indeed William Crawford Gorgas (1854-1920), honorary degree recipient at Columbia University's June 4, 1913 commencement. When we update the record, we will expand on the caption to include this information.
  • Wystan said:
    William C. Gorgas was a U. S. Army General, and a military surgeon who introduced mosquito eradication to eliminate Yellow Fever in Havana during the Spanish Amerian War, and later in the Panama Canal Zone, during construction of the canal. history.amedd.army.mil/surgeongenerals/W_Gorgas.html Bain's and LOC's captions to the above photo are incorrect: Gorgas was not a Professor; he wore the academic rig when he received an honorary degree from Columbia. A Bain/LOC photo of Gorgas with Mrs. Gorgas: Another photo was posed to Flickr on November 12, 2010:

Gen. W.C. Gorgas (LOC)

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  • John Hartsock said:
    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_C._Gorgas
  • Wystan said:
    In 1914 (the year of this photo) Dr. Gorgas was made Surgeon General of the United States Army.
  • Wystan said:
    Gorgas received an honorary degree at Columbia University, in 1913: A Bain/LOC portrait of Dr. Gorgas with his wife:

Aristides Agramonte (LOC)

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  • pennylrichardsca (now at ipernity) said:
    Aristides Agramonte (1868-1931), Cuban-born American bacteriologist who served on the Yellow Fever Commission of the US Army.
  • Wystan said:
    June 3, 1914: Commencement ceremonies at Columbia University, New York City. Other Bain/LOC photos from the 1914 Columbia commencement:
  • swanq said:
    NYT of June 4, 1914 query.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=FB0614F63C5E13738... indicates that received an honorary degree from Columbia the day before.