Daniel Ruge

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Daniel Ruge
Physician to the President
In office
January 20, 1981 – January 20, 1985
PresidentRonald Reagan
Preceded byWilliam M. Lukash
Succeeded byT. Burton Smith
Personal details
Born
Daniel August Ruge

(1917-05-13)May 13, 1917
Murdock, Nebraska
DiedAugust 30, 2005(2005-08-30) (aged 88)
Denver, Colorado

Daniel Ruge (May 13, 1917 – August 30, 2005) was an American neurosurgeon who served as a Physician to the President under Ronald Reagan from 1981 to 1985.[1]

Ruge was born in Murdock, Nebraska. He received his undergraduate degree from North Central College in Naperville, Illinois. He then studied medicine at Northwestern University, receiving his Doctorate in Medicine in 1945. Later, he advanced his studies in surgery at Northwestern University, where he began working with Loyal Davis, the step-father of Nancy Reagan.[2]

Ruge later became a professor of surgery at Northwestern University Medical School, and Chief of Staff and Chairman of Neurosurgery at Northwestern Memorial Hospital.[3]

In 1976, Ruge relocated to work for the Veterans Administration in Maryland. He was serving with the spinal cord injury service when Ronald Reagan appointed him Physician to the President, where he oversaw the treatment of Reagan after he was shot.[4]

He died of a ruptured aortic aneurysm on August 30, 2005, at the age of 88, in Denver, Colorado.[5]

References[]

  1. ^ "White House Physician Daniel A. Ruge". The Washington Post. 2005-09-05. Retrieved 2020-10-03.
  2. ^ ["White House Physician Daniel A. Ruge". The Washington Post. 2005-09-05. Retrieved 2020-10-03.
  3. ^ ["White House Physician Daniel A. Ruge". The Washington Post. 2005-09-05. Retrieved 2020-10-03.
  4. ^ "White House Physician Daniel A. Ruge". The Washington Post. 2005-09-05. Retrieved 2020-10-03.
  5. ^ Lawrence K. Altman (2005-09-06). "Daniel Ruge, 88, Dies; Cared for Reagan After Shooting". Nytimes.com. Retrieved 2020-10-03.
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