Background
Higgins, Montgomery Earle was born on October 29, 1879 in Sir Johns Run, West Virginia, United States. Son of James Leopard and Alice (Cross) Higgins.
Higgins, Montgomery Earle was born on October 29, 1879 in Sir Johns Run, West Virginia, United States. Son of James Leopard and Alice (Cross) Higgins.
Doctor of Medicine George Washington University, 1904, Naval Medical School, 1908. Graduate student Allgemeines Krankenhaus, Vienna, New York Post Graduate School, London School of Tropical Medicine, Harvard Medical School.
1 son, Montgomery. Physician, Panama Canal, 1905-1907. Appointed assistant surgeon, United States Navy, 1907. Advanced through grades to captain, 1929.
Surgeon Naval Headquarters, Paris, 1918-1919.
Force surgeon, Turkish waters, 1919-1921. Medical director Gendarmerie d’Haiti, Portuguese au Prince, 1925-1928.
Professor tropical medicine George Washington University, 1930-1931. Fleet surgeon Asiatic Fleet, 1931-1934.
Commanding officer Naval Hospital, Portsmouth, New Hampshire (U.S.), 1936-1939.
Medical officer, Pearl Harbor, Territory of Hawaii, 1941-1942. On inactive list, United States Navy, from 1946. Engaged in practice medicine, Washington.
Fellow American College Surgeons, American Academy Tropical Medicine. Member Medical Society District of Columbia, American Medical Association, Phi Chi, Phi Sigma Kappa. Clubs: Army-Navy (Washington).
Married Grace Young, July 16, 1924.