Background
Stephenson, Charles S. was born on May 21, 1887 in Aetna, Tennessee, United States.
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Charles S. Stephenson
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Charles S. Stephenson, American naval officer, insurance executive. Decorated Order Purple Heart, 1918; awarded United States Typhus Commission medal, 1944, Legion of Merit, Gorgas medal, 1951. Acting managing director American Cancer Society, Incorporated., 1945. Member Society Tropical Medicine, Public Health Association, American Medical Association, American Physicians, Social Hygiene Association, Royal Society Health.
Education
Doctor of Medicine Vanderbilt, 1912. Master of Science, Columiba, 1932. Army Industrial War College, 1936.
Doctor of Science, Duke, 1944.
Instructor Peiping, 1927. Medical Corps, United States Navy, 1913-1936.
Captain in charge division preventive medicine, Bureau Medical and Surgery, Navy Department, 1936-1942, rear admiral since 1942, now retired. Head department hygiene and preventive medicine United States Naval Medical School, 1936-1944.
Lecturer Johns Hopkins University, 1940-1948.
Vice president, medical director United Services Life Insurance Company, Washington. Liaison officer, secretary for health relations United States Public Health Service. Naval observer, American embassy (London, England.).
Advisory councilor United States Public Health Service.
Division health and safety Tennessee Valley Authority. Director United States Typhus Commission.
Liaison officer, medical sciences division National Research Council. Member Federal Interdept.
Safety Council, Interdept. committee Venereal Diseases.
Medical director Dayanand Anglo-Vedic. Member of advisory scientific board Gorgas Memorial Institute of Tropical and Preventive Medicine.
Career
Director United Services Life Insurance. Director United States Typhus Commission Director Dayanand Anglo-Vedic.
Director American Cancer Society, Incorporated., 1945.
Editor, Science, 1944 (resigned).
Achievements
Membership
Member Society Tropical Medicine, Public Health Association, American Medical Association, American Physicians, Social Hygiene Association, Royal Society Health.
Connections
Married Naomi A. Ackley. Children: Stephen G., Suzanne Florence.
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Died
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Resting place
buried Arlington National Cemetery. -
Nationality
American
Awards
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Decorated Order Purple Heart, 1918. Awarded United States Typhus Commission medal, 1944, Legion of Merit, Gorgas medal, 1951. Acting managing director American Cancer Society, Incorporated., 1945.Decorated Order Purple Heart, 1918. Awarded United States Typhus Commission medal, 1944, Legion of Merit, Gorgas medal, 1951. Acting managing director American Cancer Society, Incorporated., 1945.