Background
KERR, John Walter was born on December 4, 1871 in Grand Rapids, Ohio, United States. Son of William Barton and Jean (Culbertson) Kerr.
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John Walter KERR
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Westminster College, New Wilmington, Pennsylvania. Medical Department W. Reserve University, Cleveland. O., Doctor of Medicine, 1897.
Career
Assistant Surgeon, IJ.S. Public Health Service, 1898. Passed Assistant Surgeon, 1904. Surgeon, 1913; Assistant Surgeon General, 1905-1918, 1921-1927.
Epidemic work, Hongkong, 1900-1902. In charge, Division. Scientific Research, 1905-1918. Dele. International Cong, of Medical, London, 1913, International Conference on Infant Mortality.
London, 1913; Chief Medical Officer, Ellis Island, New York, 1918-1921. In charge, Division. Personnel and Accounts, 1921-1927. Chief quarantine officer, Hampton Roads, Virginia., since 1929.
Membership
Clubs: Officers (Fort Monroe, Virginia.), Columbia Country (Chevy Chase, Maryland).
Connections
Spouse Jessie May Kerr, July 5, 1905, Grand Rapids, O.
