MacNeal, Ward J., 1881-1946.

Ward J. MacNeal was born in Fulton, Michigan in 1881. He received B.A. (1901), Ph.D. (1904) and M.D. (1905) degrees from the University of Michigan, where he worked with Frederick G. Novy. Together they published a number of papers on the trypanosomes. The next few years saw him teaching at Michigan, West Virginia University, and the University of Illinois. In 1911 he was appointed lecturer at the New York Post-Graduate Medical School and Hospital; a year later he was made full professor. Except for service on the American Trench Fever Commission during World War I, MacNeal remained at Post-Graduate for the rest of his career. He died in 1946. MacNeal's areas of study included antibiotic and bacteriophage therapy, bacterial endocarditis and rheumatic fever.

1905 graduate of the University of Michigan Medical School; later faculty member at New York Post-Graduate Medical School and Hospital.