Background
Bergey, David Hendricks was born on December 27, 1860 in Montgomery Company, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of G. R. and Susan (Hendricks) Bergey.
Bergey, David Hendricks was born on December 27, 1860 in Montgomery Company, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of G. R. and Susan (Hendricks) Bergey.
Doctor of Medicine Bachelor of Science, University of Pennsylvania, 1884. Master of Arts, Illinois Wesleyan, 1894. Doctor of Public Hygiene, University of Pennsylvania, 1916.
First assistant Laboratory of Hygiene, University of Pennsylvania, since 1896, assistant professor bacteriology, 1903-1916, and assistant professor of hygiene and bacteriology, 1916-1926, professor of hygiene and bacteriology, 1926-1931, acting professor hygiene, 1931-1932. Also director Laboratory of Hygiene, 1928-1931. Director research in biology, National Drug Company, since 1931.
Commissioned captain Medical Roman Catholic, United States of America, April 1917.
Major May 1918. At training camp, Fort Oglethorpe, Georgia, August 4, 1917. Placed in charge of clinical laboratory General Hospital Northern 14, Fort Oglethorpe, Georgia, August 19, 1917.
Transferred to General Hospital Northern 22, Richmond College, Virginia, November 1918. Discharged from service, January 1919.
Author: Handbook of Practical Hygiene, 1899.
The Principles of Hygiene, 1901, 7th edit, 1921. Also chapter on domestic hygiene in Pyle’s Personal Hygiene, 1904. Home: Philadelphia. Pennsylvania
Married Annie South. Hallman, June 5, 1884.