Hugh S. Cumming
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Hugh Smith Cumming was an American physician and soldier. He served as the fifth Surgeon General of the United States from 1920 to 1936. The Tuskegee syphilis experiment began under his term in 1932 a
Hugh S. Cumming
Thomas Parran was an American physician and Public Health Service officer. He was appointed the sixth Surgeon General of the United States from 1936 to 1948.
Hugh S. Cumming
…January 31, 1936 President Woodrow Wilson Warren G. Harding Calvin Coolidge Herbert Hoover Franklin D. Roosevelt Preceded by Rupert Blue Succeeded by Thomas Parran Jr. Personal details Born Hugh Smith Cumming August 17, 1869 Hampton, Virginia, U.S. Died December 20, 1948 (aged 79) Washington, D.C., U.S. Alma mater…
Thomas Parran, Jr., photo portrait as surgeon general