What’s in a Name?: The “Chiefs” and “Directors” of Navy Medicine

FALLS CHURCH, VA, VA, UNITED STATES

01.18.2022

Photo by André B. Sobocinski, Historian 

U.S. Navy Bureau of Medicine and Surgery

Some of the first Chiefs and Directors of Navy Medicine Staff and Enlisted Corps. Clockwise from top left: Dr. Andrew Jones, 1st Director of Navy Medicine Civilian Corps (2017); HMCM Stephen Brown, Director of Hospital Corps (1979); CAPT Nellie Dewitt, Director of Nurse Corps (1947); Commodore Lewis Angelo, Director of Medical Service Corps (1982); LCDR George Reed, Chief of Dental Corps (1922); RDML Robert Higgins, Chief of Medical Corps (1989).

• Date Taken: 01.18.2022
• Date Posted: 01.18.2022 07:25
• Photo ID: 7013945
• VIRIN: 220118-N-N1526-001
• Resolution: 2000x1600
• Size: 297.24 KB
• Location: FALLS CHURCH, VA, VA, US