Fort Myer in Arlington in Arlington County, Virginia — The American South (Mid-Atlantic)
R Adams Cowley
Photographed By Don Morfe, August 29, 1999
1. R Adams Cowley Marker-Front
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1st Lieutenant Medical Corps
United States Army
July 15, 1917 - October 27, 1991
Next to creating a life the finest thing a man can do is to save one
Abraham Lincoln
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A cardiothoracic and trauma surgeon who, through his creation of shock trauma in Maryland, saved thousands of lives and changed the face of emergency medicine in the world.
• Father of trauma medicine and founder of the nation’s first Shock Trauma Center, in Baltimore, Maryland
• Leader in the scientific study of shock and trauma
• Founder of nation’s first statewide EMS System in Maryland
• Creator of the concept of the “Golden Hour,” the 60 minutes following injury when definitive care is crucial to a trauma patient’s survival
• Leader in use of civilian helicopters for medical evacuation
• Pioneer in hyperbaric medicine and open heart surgery
• Inventor of electronic pacemaker prototype and a surgical clamp bearing his name
• A founding father of the Society of Thoracic Surgeons
• Founder of National Study Center for Trauma and EMS enacted by Congress in 1986
• Personal papers collected by the University of Utah
• Elder in Mormon Church
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Location. 38° 52.842′ N, 77° 4.518′ W. Marker is in Arlington, Virginia, in Arlington County. It is in Fort Myer. Marker is on Humphres Drive. The marker is in Section 1, Grave 341G of the National Cemetery. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: Fort Myer VA 22211, United States of America. Touch for directions.
Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker. Pan American Airways Flight 103 Memorial Cairn (within shouting distance of this marker); Doubleday (within shouting distance of this marker); Lexington Minute Men (within shouting distance of this marker); War of 1812 Memorial (within shouting distance of this marker); General Philip Kearny Memorial (about 400 feet away, measured in a direct line); Tree Ring Timeline (about 600 feet away); Cherish these forest trees… (about 600 feet away); Hallowed Ground (about 600 feet away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Arlington.
Photographed By Don Morfe, August 29, 1999
2. R Adams Cowley Marker-Back
Credits. This page was last revised on February 1, 2023. It was originally submitted on November 12, 2016, by Don Morfe of Baltimore, Maryland. This page has been viewed 393 times since then and 21 times this year. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on November 12, 2016, by Don Morfe of Baltimore, Maryland. • Bernard Fisher was the editor who published this page.
