Background
Harrison, Walter Trousdale was born on February 1, 1886 in Stilwell, Kansas, United States. Son of Thomas Trousdale and Mary Samantha (Taylor) Harrison.
Harrison, Walter Trousdale was born on February 1, 1886 in Stilwell, Kansas, United States. Son of Thomas Trousdale and Mary Samantha (Taylor) Harrison.
Graduate Emporia (Kansas) State Normal School, 1907. Doctor of Medicine University Medical College, Kansas City, Missoury, 1911.
Resident physician Saint Mary's Hospital, Kansas City, Missoury, 1911-1912. Instructor anatomy New York University, 1912-1913. Pathologist Napa (California) Eastern State Hospital, 1914-1916.
Commissioned assistant surgeon, United States.P.H.S., 1916, passed assistant surgeon, 1920, surgeon, 1924, senior surgeon, 1936, medical director, 1942.
United States Quarantine and Immigration Service, San Francisco, California, in plague suppressive measures. At National Institute of Health, 1922-1940.
Assigned Ninth Corps Area Headquarters United States Army, Presidio of San Francisco, 1940. Director District Northern 5, United States.P.H.S., 1942.
Member American Medical Association, American Public Health Association. Mason.; Clubs: Bohemian, Commonwealth (San Francisco).
Married Lillian Grace Lamon, May 27, 1912.