Presley Marion Rixey
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Admiral Presley Marion Rixey (14 July 1852 – 17 June 1928), born in Culpeper, Virginia, was the United States Naval Surgeon General and personal physician to Presidents William McKinley and Theodore Roosevelt. He 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 received the Order of Naval Merit from King Alphonso XIII of Spain for assistance he gave to crew of Santa Maria after that vessel suffered an explosion in New York Harbor in 1893.
He is interred in Arlington National Cemetery.
His 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] References
- 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] 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
