STRONG, RICHARD PEARSON, an American scientist, born at Fortress Monroe, Va., in 1872. He was educated at Yale University and in 1897 received the degree of M.D. from Johns Hopkins University. He also studied at the Uni versity of Berlin, and received honorary degrees from Yale and Harvard. After having served as resident house physi cian at Johns Hopkins Hospital, he was appointed a first lieutenant and assistant surgeon, U. S. A., in July, 1898, and, in the following year, president of the board for investigating tropical diseases in the Philippine Islands. He established and directed the work of the Army Pathological Laboratory and from 1901 to 1913 was director of the government biological laboratory at Manila. From 190'7 to 1913 he was professor of tropical medicine at the University of the Phil ippine Islands, and in 1913 became pro fessor of tropical medicine at Harvard University. In 1915 he served as medical director of the International and American Red Cross Sanitary Commis sion to Serbia. During the World War
he served in the Medical Reserve Corps, first with the British and French armies and later at A. E. F. Headquarters, being promoted eventually colonel, M. R. C. He was a member of the Head quarters Investigating Committee and of the Inter-Allied Sanitary Commission in charge of the Division of Infectious Diseases. From December, 1918, to April, 1919, he was the director of the Department of Medical Research, Amer ican Red Cross, and in August, 1919, be came general medical director of the League of Red Cross Societies. He was decorated with the D. S. M. and also re ceived British, French, Chinese and Serbian decorations. He was a delegate to many international congresses and a member and officer of many domestic and foreign medical and scientific societies.