Background
Callender, George Russell was born on May 13, 1884 in Everett, Massachusetts, United States. Son of Thomas Russell and Martha Ellen (Bemis) Callender.
Callender, George Russell was born on May 13, 1884 in Everett, Massachusetts, United States. Son of Thomas Russell and Martha Ellen (Bemis) Callender.
Graduate Mount Hermon (Massachusetts) School, 1903. Doctor of Medicine Tufts College Medical School, 1908, Doctor of Science (honorary), 1954. Graduate Army Medical School, 1913.
; children—Janet (Mistress Merrill Buffington), George Russell, Gladys Catherine (Mistress R. L. Gellein). Instructor pathology and bacteriological, Tufts Medical School, 1909-1912. Commissioned First lieutenant M.R.C., United States Army, 1912, First lieutenant Medical Corps, 1913, advanced through grades to brigadier general, 1945.
Chief of laboratory Army General Hospital, Fort Bayard, New Mexico, 1913-1915, Hawaiian Department, 1916-1918.
Assistant Division of Laboratory and Infectious Diseases, Surgeon General’son Office, 1918, chief, 1919.
Assistant curator Army Medical Museum, 1919-1920, curator, 1920-1922, 1924-1928. Member Medical Department, Research Board, Manila, 1922-1924, president, 1922-1923.
President Philippine Leprosy Research Board, 1923-1924.
Adviser in pathology, Philippine U. Medical School, 1923-1924. Instructor pathology Army Medical School, 1924-1932. Professor gross pathology Georgetown University Medical School, 1925-1928.
Chief laboratory 8th Corps Area, 1932-1935.
President Army Medical Research Board, Canal Zone, 1935-1938. Pathologist, Army Medical Center, 1939.
Assistant commandant Medical Department, Professional Service Schools, 1940-1945, commandant, 1946, retired, 1946. Director pathology Virginia, 1947-1959.
Advisor Gorgas Memorial Institute Organizer, 1930, American Registry Pathology.
Member of advisory board Armed Forces Institute Pathology, until 1967.
Served in Massachusetts National Guard, 1907-1912. Mason.; Club: Army and Navy (Washington, District of Columbia). Wrote Pathology of the Acute Respiratory Diseases (Volunteer XII, The Medical Department, United States Army in World War), 1929—Company-author of Malaria in Panama.”.
Married Gladys Foster Moore, August 28, 1913 (deceased. Children: Janet (Mistress Merrill Buffington), George Russell, Gladys Catherine (Mistress R. L. Gellein).