Cumming, Hugh S. (Hugh Smith), 1869-1948

Hugh S. Cumming joined the Marine Hospital Service as a physician in 1895. After serving in various U.S. Public Health Service quarantine stations, Cumming was promoted to Surgeon General of the Public Health Service in 1920. During the same year, he was appointed director of the Pan American Sanitary Bureau. Cumming retired from the Public Health Service in 1936, but remained director of the Pan American Sanitary Bureau until his death in 1948.

From the description of Hugh S. Cumming papers, 1945-1977. (National Library of Medicine). WorldCat record id: 14324646

From the guide to the Hugh S. Cumming Papers, 1945-1977, (History of Medicine Division. National Library of Medicine)