RAdm Bartholomew William "Bart" Hogan. A psychiatrist, he is remembered for his tenure as Surgeon General of the Navy. Raised in the Boston suburbs, he received his undergraduate degree from Boston College, earned his M.D. from Tufts University in 1925, then fulfilled a lifelong ambition by joining the Navy. Dr. Hogan trained at Washington's St. Elizabeth's Hospital and Georgetown University, was appointed chief of psychiatry at Naval Hospital Annapolis in 1940, and served in the North Atlantic during World War II. As senior medical officer of the carrier USS "Wasp" (CV-7), he was decorated for combat bravery, receiving the Silver Star, Navy and Marine Corps Medal, and Purple Heart for personally saving a number of men when the ship was torpedoed and sunk on September 15, 1942. Dr. Hogan went on to serve as Executive Officer of the Naval Hospitals at Philadelphia and Bethesda, was Commanding officer of the facility at Mare Island, California, and was Commanding Officer of Bethesda when former Defense Secretary James Forrestal committed suicide by jumping on May 22, 1949. Though he was to some extent blamed by the press and public because a depressed individual had been housed in high-rank quarters on the 16th floor, it was common knowledge within the Navy medical community that Forrestal had been placed there on direct orders of Harry Truman against the express recommendations of both Dr. Hogan and the attending psychiatrist. Dr. Hogan's willingness to take censure in place of his Commander-in-Chief earned him respect and in 1952 he was promoted to Rear Admiral; he was serving as Fleet Medical Officer Pacific when he was elevated to Vice Admiral and named Surgeon General of the Navy in 1955. Following his 1961 retirement, he held several posts with the American Psychiatric Association including Deputy Medical Director until 1971. The doctor retired to Central Florida where he died of a stroke.
