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RADM Cary Travers Grayson

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RADM Cary Travers Grayson

Birth
Culpeper, Culpeper County, Virginia, USA
Death
15 Feb 1938 (aged 59)
Washington, District of Columbia, District of Columbia, USA
Burial
Arlington, Arlington County, Virginia, USA
Plot
Section 30 Lot S-24
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US Navy Rear Admiral. Born in Culpeper, Virginia, he entered the US Navy as a physician in 1903 and was appointed Acting Assistant Surgeon in 1904. In 1912, he was assigned to the Bureau of Medicine and Surgery and promoted Rear Admiral in August 1916. He was also personal physician to Presidents Theodore Roosevelt, William Howard Taft, and Woodrow Wilson. Grayson was twice 1933, 1937) inaugural committee chairman for Franklin Delano Roosevelt in 1933, 1937 and was chosen chairman of the American Red Cross in 1935, serving until he died in Washington D.C.
US Navy Rear Admiral. Born in Culpeper, Virginia, he entered the US Navy as a physician in 1903 and was appointed Acting Assistant Surgeon in 1904. In 1912, he was assigned to the Bureau of Medicine and Surgery and promoted Rear Admiral in August 1916. He was also personal physician to Presidents Theodore Roosevelt, William Howard Taft, and Woodrow Wilson. Grayson was twice 1933, 1937) inaugural committee chairman for Franklin Delano Roosevelt in 1933, 1937 and was chosen chairman of the American Red Cross in 1935, serving until he died in Washington D.C.

Bio by: John "J-Cat" Griffith

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  • Maintained by: AJ
  • Added: Sep 12, 2000
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  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/12464/cary_travers-grayson: accessed ), memorial page for RADM Cary Travers Grayson (11 Oct 1878–15 Feb 1938), Find a Grave Memorial ID 12464, citing Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, Arlington County, Virginia, USA; Maintained by AJ (contributor 1003).