Patrick Sarsfield Madigan – Colonel, United States Army

Colonel Patrick S. Madigan, known as “The Father of Army Neuropsychiatry” was assistant to the Surgeon General of the United States Army from 1940 to 1943. He died in 1944 and in that year, on September 22, Madigan General Hospital was named in his honor Colonel Madigan was born February 14, 1887, in Washington, D.C. He was a member of a distinct medical and military family.

Two of his brothers were doctors in the United States Army. He married Mary Shugrue, sister of Dr. John Shugrue, prominent brain surgeon of the Mayo Clinic, who had served at Walter Reed General Hospital. His eldest son, Emmett P. Madigan, served as an Army Medical Corps Officer throughout World War II.

In 1908, Colonel Madigan received his Bachelor of Arts degree from Georgetown University and his Doctor of Medicine degree four years later. He served as an instructor at Georgetown University from 1913 to 1917. During this period he received a Master of Arts degree from Gonzaga University, Spokane, Washington, in 1914. In August 1917 he accepted a commission in the Regular Army and served in France with the 7th Division, 64th Infantry.

After the First World War he remained in the Army, serving as a neuropsychiatrist at Hampton Roads, Virginia and Walter Reed General Hospital until 1926. He then became Chief of Neuropsychiatry at Sternberg General Hospital, Philippines, and in 1929 Chief of Neuropsychiatry at Walter Reed General Hospital.

In addition to his many degrees, Gonzaga University conferred the Honorary Degree of Doctor of Laws on Colonel Madigan in recognition of his outstanding administrative work.

See John Joseph Madigan III, Colonel, United States Army.

MADIGAN, PATRICK S
COL MED CORPS, USA

• DATE OF BIRTH: 02/14/1887
• DATE OF DEATH: 05/08/1944
• BURIED AT: SECTION 3 1954-A
  ARLINGTON NATIONAL CEMETERY

MADIGAN, JOSEPH PATRICK
CAPT LT COL RES WM BEAUMONT GEN HOSP MED DEPT USA TEX

• DATE OF BIRTH: 03/19/1891
• DATE OF DEATH: 06/11/1961
• BURIED AT: SECTION 3  SITE 1954-A-2
  ARLINGTON NATIONAL CEMETERY

MADIGAN, EILEEN K WID OF MADIGAN, JOSEPH PATRICK

• DATE OF BIRTH: 02/14/1892
• DATE OF DEATH: 07/16/1970
• BURIED AT: SECTION 3  SITE 1954-A-2
  ARLINGTON NATIONAL CEMETERY

Michael Robert Patterson

Michael Robert Patterson was born in Arlington and is the son of a former officer of the US Army. So it was no wonder that sooner or later his interests drew him to American history and especially to American military history. Many of his articles can be found on renowned portals like the New York Times, Washingtonpost or Wikipedia.

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