Background
Wherry, William Buchanan was born on December 24, 1875 in of America parents at Lodeana, India. Son of Elwood Morris and Clara Maria (Buchanan) Wherry.
Wherry, William Buchanan was born on December 24, 1875 in of America parents at Lodeana, India. Son of Elwood Morris and Clara Maria (Buchanan) Wherry.
Bachelor of Arts, Washington and Jefferson College, 1897. Doctor of Medicine Rush Medical College, 1901.
Assistant in bacteriology, University of Chicago, 1901-1902, associate, 1902-1903. Bacteriologist, United States Government labs., Manila, P.I., 1903-1905. Professor bacteriology, Oakland (California) College Medicine, 1907.
Bacteriologist, Board of Health, San Francisco, and acting assistant surgeon on plague duty, United States Public Health Service, 1907-1909. Assistant professor bacteriology Ohio-Miami Medical College, University of Cincinnati, 1909, associate professor, 1910-1913. Professor bacteriology and hygiene, Medical College, University of Cincinnati, since 1914.
Visiting professor, School of Hygiene, Manila, 1929-1930.
Served on medical advisory board, Cincinnati, 1917. Member National Advisory Health Council, United States Public Health Service.
Married Marie Eleanor Nast, 1906. Children: William Nast, Margaret Rutan.