Walter E. Garrey Explained

Walter Eugene Garrey (April 7, 1874 – June 15, 1951) was an American physiologist and department head of the Vanderbilt University School of Medicine. He was known especially for his studies of the heart. He served as president of the American Physiological Society in 1938 and 1939.[1] [2] [3]

Garrey graduated from Lawrence University in Appleton, Wisconsin in 1894 and subsequently attended the University of Chicago for his graduate work, where he played as an end on the 1894 Chicago Maroons football team.[4] He served as the head football coach at the University of Wisconsin–Stevens Point - then known as Stevens Point Normal School - in 1899.[5]

Notes and References

  1. Knowlton . F. P.. Walter Eugene Garrey. The Biological Bulletin. 103. 13–14. 1952.
  2. News: Walter E. Garrey, Physiologist, Dies; Retired Professor Had Headed Department at Vanderbilt U. School of Medicine . The New York Times . 17 June 1951.
  3. Walter E. Garrey, 1874-1951 . The Physiologist . 16 . 1 . 3-4 . February 1973 . American Physiological Society . https://web.archive.org/web/20190418044316/http://www.the-aps.org/mm/Publications/Journals/Physiologist/1970-1979/1973/February.pdf . 18 April 2019 . dead.
  4. Web site: . Garrey, Walter E.. The University of Chicago Photographic Archive . . January 23, 2020 .
  5. News: Local Notes. . Stevens Point Journal. Stevens Point, Wisconsin. September 25, 1899. August 29, 2023.

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