Presley Marion Rixey
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Admiral Presley Marion Rixey (14 July 1852, Culpeper, Virginia – 17 June 1928) was a Surgeon General of the United States Navy (1902–10) and personal physician to Presidents William McKinley and Theodore Roosevelt.
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[edit] Biography
The older brother of John Franklin Rixey,[1] Rixey earned his medical degree at the University of Virginia in 1873. On 25 April 1877, he married Earlena J. English, daughter of Rear Admiral Earl English, United States Navy.
He was commissioned Assistant Surgeon in the Navy on 28 January 1974. He served on the USS Sabine, the USS Congress, the USS Tallapoosa (1879–82), the USS Lancaster (1884–87), the USS Dolphin (1893–96), and the USS Solace.[2]
He received the Order of Naval Merit from King Alphonso XIII of Spain for assistance he gave to the crew of the replica of the Santa Maria after that vessel suffered an explosion in New York Harbor on May 26, 1893, on its way to the World's Columbian Exposition.[3][4] He attended President McKinley after he was shot in Buffalo, New York, in 1901.
He is interred in Arlington National Cemetery.
[edit] Legacy
- Rixey's estate in Arlington, Virginia, became the campus of Marymount University, and his home was renamed Main House.
- The USS Rixey (APH-3) is named for him.
- The Rixey station on the Great Falls and Old Dominion Railroad was built for his estate.
[edit] Further reading
- Braisted, William C. and Bell, William H. (2004). The Life Story of Presley Marion Rixey, Surgeon General US Navy 1902 to 1910. Kessinger Publishing. ISBN 0-926984-00-4.
[edit] References
[edit] External links
- Record at Arlington National Cemetery
- Bio at Navy History
- "Guarding the Health of Our Presidents", by Presley Marion Rixey, M.D.
- Presley M. Rixey at Internet Movie Database
