Henry George Wagner

Background

Wagner, Henry George was born on September 13, 1917 in Washington, District of Columbia, United States. Son of Charles Henry and Helen Lydia (Allen) Wagner.

Education

AB, George Washington University, 1939; Doctor of Medicine, George Washington University, 1942; certified in ophthalmology, University of Pennsylvania, 1949.

Career

Commissioned Lieutenant (junior grade), United States Navy, 1942; advanced through grades to captain, United States Navy, 1956; intern, United States Naval Hospital, Brooklyn, 1942-1943; flight surgeon, Naval Air Base, Guam, 1944-1945; senior medical officer, United States Ship Valley Forge, Norfolk, Virginia, 1954-1956; medical officer, Naval Medical Research Institute, Bethesda, Maryland., 1956-1960; commanding officer, then Executive officer, Naval Medical Research Institute, Bethesda, Maryland., 1960-1964; director research, National Institute Neurological Diseases and Stroke, Bethesda, 1966-1974; senior executive service, National Institute Neurological Diseases and Stroke, Bethesda, 1974-1988; health scientist emeritus, National Institute Neurological Diseases and Stroke, Bethesda, since 1988. Honorary professor biophysics Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, 1956. Clinical professor ophthalmology Duke U., Durham, North Carolina, 1976.

Achievements

• Henry George Wagner has been listed as a notable Medical research scientist, naval officer by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Member Cosmos Club.

Connections

Married Jane Miller, November 20, 1945. Children: Ann, George, Bruce.

Father:

Charles Henry Wagner

Mother:

Helen Lydia (Allen) Wagner

Spouse:

Jane Miller

child:

Ann Wagner

child:

George Wagner

child:

Bruce Wagner