Ross T. McIntire

Ross T. McIntire (August 11, 1889 – December 8, 1959) was an American physician and United States Navy officer.

In 1938, he became the Surgeon General of the United States Navy, overseeing a major expansion of the Bureau of Medicine and Surgery during World War II.

Following his retirement from the Navy with the rank of vice admiral, he held many senior positions in medical institutions, including Chairman of the President's Committee on Employment of the Physically Handicapped.

He also lobbied the President and Congress to establish the National Naval Medical Center in Bethesda, Maryland.

A Methodist funeral was held in the chapel at Fort Myer, and he was buried with full military honors in Arlington National Cemetery.