Background
DeLANEY, Matthew A. was born on March 6, 1874 in Waymart, Wayne Company, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of Sylvester and Elizabeth (Burns) DeLaney.
DeLANEY, Matthew A. was born on March 6, 1874 in Waymart, Wayne Company, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of Sylvester and Elizabeth (Burns) DeLaney.
College Department University of Pennsylvania, Doctor of Medicine, 1898. Army Medical School, Washington, District of Columbia, 1902. University of Vienna, 1914.
German Poliklinik, Vienna, 1914. School of Public Health, C.P.H., Harvard University, Massachusetts, 1928.
First Lieutenant, ’Medical Corps, United States Army, 1901. Captain, 1906; Assistant, and Associate White House Physician, President Taft, 1909-1913. Major, 1910; Lieutenant Colonel, 1917.
To France. May 1917; Colonel, 1917. Command Hospital. No. 10, 1917-1918; command 1600 Medical Officers American with British Army.
United States Liaison Officer, 1918 with British and United States Armies. Awarded British Decoration Distinguished Order of St. Michael and St. George, 1919. Also British War Medal.
Distinguished Service Medal. by United States. Assistant Executive Officer, Surgeon General’s. Office, Washington, District of Columbia, 1919-1921.
Medical Adviser, P.H. and Sanitation Governor. General, Philippine Islands, 1928.
Member: American Medical Association. (F.) American College, of Surgeons. Association of Military Surgeons.
(F.) American College, of Physicians. American Public Health Association Clubs: Metropolitan, Chevy Chase, Army and Navy (Washington, District of Columbia), Polo, Army and Navy (Manila, Philippine Islands).
Spouse Elizabeth Voltz, April 17, 1918, London, England.