Background
RUCKER, William Colby was born on September 28, 1875 in Kenney, 111. Son of Hamline Presley and Lydia Marie (Colby) Rucker.
Surgeon United States Public Health Service
RUCKER, William Colby was born on September 28, 1875 in Kenney, 111. Son of Hamline Presley and Lydia Marie (Colby) Rucker.
University of North Dakota. University of Minnesota. University of California.
Rush Medical College. Master of Science, Doctor of Medicine, Dr. P.H.
Elizabeth Harwood Neff, 1912, Washington, District of Columbia Assistant Surgeon, 1902. P.A. Surgeon, 1907; Surgeon, United States Public Health Service. Assistant Surgeon General (temporary), 1912-1918.
Reserve L. (temporary), 1919-1920. Served, United States Marine Hospital. San Francisco, Boston, Vineyard Haven, New Orleans.
Yellow fever campaign. New Orleans, 1905; plague campaigns, San Francisco, 1907, New Orleans, 1914. Rocky Mountain. spotted fever, Montana, 1911.
Served, American Expeditionary Forces, 18. Chief Medical Adviser, Bureau. of War Risk Insurance. 1919-1920; Chief Quarantine Officer, Panama Canal, 1920-1924.
Member: (F.) American College, of Surgeons. Master of Arts; (F.) American College Physicians. Association of Military Surgeons.
American Hospital. Association Clubs: Round Table (Louisiana ). New Orleans Country.
Spouse Annette Guequirre, 1902 (dec.