Walter E. Gregory (September 18, 1857 – October 26, 1918) was an American physician who specialized in nervous diseases,[1] specifically neurasthenia.

He became superintendent of the Jackson Health Resort of Dansville, Livingston County, New York in 1872,[2] and after graduating from medical school, one of the managing physicians of the institution.

[3] He was the first chairman of the Southern Livingston County, New York chapter of the American Red Cross, the chapter being founded in the town where Clara Barton first started the Red Cross movement in the U.S. Walter Eugene Gregory was born in Reedsville, Wisconsin, September 18, 1857.

Placing himself under the care of Dr. James Hathaway Jackson, Gregory followed the directions given to him and in six months, was able to engage in light employment.

[1][7] Buried in Greenmount Cemetery, Dansville, New York, beside his wife, he was the first local physician to die fighting the 1918 influenza epidemic.