Background
THOMPSON, Lewis R. was born on August 6, 1883 in Lafayette, Indiana, United States. Son of Lewis R. and Laura (Steuben) Thompson.
Surgeon United States Public Health Service
THOMPSON, Lewis R. was born on August 6, 1883 in Lafayette, Indiana, United States. Son of Lewis R. and Laura (Steuben) Thompson.
Louisville Medical College, 1905.
Appointed, Assistant Surgeon, United States P.H.S., 1910. Detailed by the Joint Commission in charge of examination of boundary waters, Canada and United States, Detroit section. Promoted 1914 (served during the epidemic of infantile paralysis, 1916).
Chief Quarantine Officer, Philippine Islands, 1917. Surgeon, 1920; in charge of Office of Industrial Hygiene and Sanitation, 1921 —.
Club: Country (Columbia).
Spouse Mabel L. Cook, February 22, 1908, Lucena, Philippine Islands.