Bartholomew W. Hogan, M.D.

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Psychiatrist, professor and Naval officer. Hogan graduated from Boston College in 1923 and received a M.D. from Tufts University in 1925. In the thirties, he taught at Georgetown University School of Medicine and at the U.S. Naval hospital in Annapolis. During World War II, he served as a Senior Medical Officer on several ships. He was appointed to the rank of Rear Admiral in 1952 and became Surgeon General of the United States Navy in 1955[1]. After retirement in 1961, he served as Deputy Medical Director of the American Psychiatric Association until 1971. Admiral Hogan died in 1983.[2]

[edit] Hogan Award

The Bartholomew Hogan Award for Outstanding Research Paper Among Navy Psychiatry Residents is awarded annually at the Braceland Seminar, which the U.S. Navy holds in conjunction with the American Psychiatric Association annual meeting.

[edit] References

  1. ^ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Surgeon_General_of_the_United_States_Navy
  2. ^ Boston College: John J. Burns Library