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Leonard Wood was a United States Army major general, physician, and public official. He served as the Chief of Staff of the United States Army, Military Governor of Cuba, and Governor-General of the Philippines. He began his military career as an army doctor on the frontier, where he received the Medal of Honor. During the Spanish–American War, he commanded the Rough Riders, with Theodore Roosevel…
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Born 9 October 1860 · Died 7 August 1927 · Q887716
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Published “AlphaFold Protein Structure Database: massively expanding the structural coverage of protein-sequence space with high-accuracy models” in Nucleic Acids Research — cited 7,941 times.
Published “Food in the Anthropocene: the EAT–Lancet Commission on healthy diets from sustainable food systems” in The Lancet — cited 9,257 times.
Published “Improved metagenomic analysis with Kraken 2” in Genome Biology — cited 6,679 times.
Published “Generalized Additive Models” — cited 7,045 times.
Published “PD-1 Blockade in Tumors with Mismatch-Repair Deficiency” in New England Journal of Medicine — cited 8,269 times.
Published “Multiple imputation using chained equations: Issues and guidance for practice” in Statistics in Medicine — cited 8,275 times.
Published “<i>Mercury CSD 2.0</i> – new features for the visualization and investigation of crystal structures” in Journal of Applied Crystallography — cited 8,417 times.
Published “Toward a Theory of Stakeholder Identification and Salience: Defining the Principle of Who and What Really Counts” in The Academy of Management Review — cited 12,139 times.
Published “Corporate Social Performance Revisited” in The Academy of Management Review — cited 11,678 times.
Attended the opening of a park in Cuba which included a plaque commemorating her father's Spanish-American War service and the shack in which Walter Reed conducted the research that proved mosquitoes are the cause of
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And helped support the International Leprosy Foundation
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Died 1927-08-07.
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Dorothy Wade, wife of the head doctor at the Culion leper colony, and fundraiser Perry Burgess created a charitable committee that after Wood's death became the Leonard Wood Memorial for the Eradication of Leprosy
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Arguing that while most government roles were filled by Filipinos, the U
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Precipitated by the case of Ray Conley, a Manila Police detective who was accused of immorality and official misconduct
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Wood decided to remain in the Philippines, so he resigned the provost's position
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To consider Filipino independence concluded that the Philippines was not ready for self-governance
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And was appointed Governor-General of the Philippines later that year
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After which he was chosen to serve as provost of the University of Pennsylvania
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Campaign: 1920 presidential election.
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Many of Roosevelt's former supporters backed Wood for the presidential nomination at the 1920 Republican National Convention
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Was elected as an honorary member of the Rhode Island Society of the Cincinnati
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In 1920 Wood was a serious contender for the Republican nomination
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A collection of these works were published as a pro-preparedness book, The Military Obligation of Citizenship
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Wood completed his term as chief of staff and was succeeded by William Wallace Wotherspoon
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With a benign meningioma, which was successfully resected by Harvey Cushing
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Career landmark: Chief of Staff of the United States Army (1910–1914).
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And Wood held that position until 1914
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By President William Howard Taft, whom he had met while both were in the Philippines; he is the only medical officer to have held the position
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And was assigned to command the Department of the East, with headquarters in New York City
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Despite significant opposition from members of the United States Senate who believed he had not served long enough in the lower grades and had been promoted because of political influence, not merit
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Wood proceeded to the Philippines during the Philippine–American War, where he served as governor of Moro Province until 1906, then commanded the Philippine Division from 1906 to 1908
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Prior to leaving office as military governor, Wood issued an order excluding Chinese immigrants
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Outlined that Cuban stability would be reached when "money can be borrowed at a reasonable rate of interest and when capital is willing to invest in the island
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Wood received the Medal of Honor for his actions during the 1886 Geronimo campaign, including carrying dispatches 100 miles through hostile territory, and commanding a detachment of the 8th Infantry Regiment whose office
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Then served as governor of Cuba from December 1899 to May 1902
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Career landmark: Physician to the President (1895).
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Was part of a contingent of Presidio soldiers that traveled to Benicia Barracks to assist units of the California National Guard during the conduct of their annual training encampment
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Leonard Wood Jr. (1892–1931) was a Cornell University graduate who attained the rank of captain while serving in the Army during World War I, but was plagued by financial difficulties and ill health afterwards.
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With the entire Supreme Court in attendance
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Wood was reassigned to the Presidio of San Francisco
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When he met Louise Adriana Condit Smith (1869–1943), who was vacationing with her uncle and legal guardian, Supreme Court Justice Stephen Johnson Field
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Wood was assigned to surgeon's duties at Fort McDowell, Arizona
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Completed the examinations for a commission in the Army Medical Corps, attracted to the military by the possibilities for immediate employment and a regular salary
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Wood received his MD degree
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His sister Barbara died, followed soon after by the death of his father
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Born 1860-10-09.
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