Background
Sydenstricker, Virgil Preston was born on July 15, 1889 in Hamilton, Missouri, United States. Son of Hiram and Alma (Willis) Sydenstricker.
Sydenstricker, Virgil Preston was born on July 15, 1889 in Hamilton, Missouri, United States. Son of Hiram and Alma (Willis) Sydenstricker.
Bachelor of Arts, Washington and Lee University, 1910, Master of Arts, 1911. Doctor of Medicine Johns Hopkins, 1915.
Willis (Mistress Joel M. Le Sueur). Intern, assistant resident physician Johns Hopkins Hospital, 1915-1917. Professor medicine Medical College Georgia, since 1923.
Member nutrition committee National Research Council, 1940-1945. Member international health division Rockefeller Foundation, 1942-1943. Served from First lieutenant to captain, Medical Corps, United States Army, 1917-1919.
Married Olive Thompson, May 27, 1920.