Overview
Cyrus Warren Strickler Sr. (November 1, 1873 – July 23, 1953) was an American physician and professor of clinical medicine at Emory University. He served in the United States Army Medical Corps during World War I.
Early life
Cyrus Warren Strickler was born on November 1, 1873, in Fishersville, Augusta County, Virginia, to Mary Frances (née Moore) and Givens Brown Strickler (1840–1913). At a young age, his family moved to Atlanta, Georgia. His father was a veteran of the Confederate States Army and pastor of Central Presbyterian Church in Atlanta. He attended private schools in Atlanta and Washington and Lee University. He graduated, with first honor, from Atlanta Medical College with a Doctor of Medicine in 1897.
Career
Strickler interned at Grady Memorial Hospital from 1897 to 1899 and was resident physician at Elkin Cooper Sanatorium in Atlanta from 1899 to 1901. In 1930, he retired from Emory as a professor emeritus. In 1932, he was on the committee that organized the Medical Service Bureau in Atlanta. He held summer extension clinics in Georgia. He continued practicing medicine until April 1953. Strickler was a member of the Fulton Medical Society, the Medical Association of Georgia and the American Medical Association. He was a fellow of the American College of Physicians and the American Board of Internal Medicine. He was also a member of the Phi Chi medical fraternity, Alpha Omega Alpha, Atlanta Athletic Club and Kiwanis.
Personal life
Strickler married Anne Virginia Williams, daughter of William Williams, of Columbus, Georgia, on February 24, 1903. They had two sons, Givens Brown and Cyrus Warren Jr. He was a member of Central Presbyterian Church for most of his life. In 1919, he lived at 95 East 14th Street in Atlanta. Later in life, he lived at 871 Oakdale Road N.E. in Atlanta. He was a Democrat. Strickler died on July 23, 1953, at a hospital in Atlanta. He was interred in Westview Cemetery in Atlanta.
Legacy
In 1954, a six-story building in Atlanta was named Dr. Cyrus W. Strickler, Sr., Doctors Building in his honor. A scholarship at Emory University School of Medicine was named after Strickler.