1891 August 29Born, Greencastle, Indiana19121913Intern, Ancon Hospital, Panama Canal Zone1913M.D., University of Cincinnati19131915Cincinnati General Hospital1915First Lieutenant, Medical Corps, U.S. Army19151916Student, Army Medical School19161917Adjutant, Camp Hospital, Mexican border, Douglas, Arizona19171918Assistant Divisional Surgeon1918Organizer and Commander, general hospital no. 34, East Norfolk, Massachusetts1927Honor graduate, Medical Field Service School19281930Student, Command and General Staff School19341935Army War College1935Chemical Warfare School19351939Instructor, Infantry School, Fort Benning, Georgia19391940Director, training, Medical Field Service School, Carlisle Barracks, Pennsylvania1940Commanding officer, First Regiment, march from Pennsylvania to California1942 February 5Member, General Joseph Stilwell's military mission to China and Burma1942 MaySurgeon, General, Stilwell's column, retreat from Burma to India19441945Chief surgeon, General Dan I. Sultan's India-Burma theater1945 July1949Army surgeon, Fourth Army1949 September1949 NovemberSpecial assistant to surgeon general1949Promoted through grades to Brigadier General1967 November 20DiedFrom the guide to the Robert Parvin Williams Papers, 1916-1951, (Hoover Institution Archives)