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ARMED FORCES INSTITUTE OF PATHOLOGY
 * 1915

4 August: Col. Champe Carter McCulloch, Jr., in dual post of Librarian and Curator, succeeded Whitmore.


 * 1916

23 June: Col. William Otway Owen succeeded McCulloch as Curator.


 * 1917

December: Public Buildings Commission recommends new building on Mall for Museum and Library.


 * 1918

21 March: Surgeon General ordered forwarding of mosquitoes to Museum for identification.

20 July: AEF in France requested services of Museum Unit No. 1.


 * 1919

15 January: Col. Charles Franklin Craig succeeded Owen as Curator.

11 July: Congress makes appropriation for purchase of land for new building.

1 September: Maj. George Russell Callender succeeded Craig as Curator.


 * 1921

17-21 October: First registry established.


 * 1922

1 May: International Association of Medical Museums relocated its central bureau from Montreal, Canada, to Army Medical Museum.

Museum became depository of Society of American Bacteriologists.

Maj. James Francis Coupal succeeded Callender as Curator.


 * 1924

July: Major Callender returned to serve as Curator; succeeded Coupal.

Coupal appointed White House Physician by President Coolidge.


 * 1929

12 February: Maj. James Earle Ash succeeded Callender as Curator.

Surgeon General's Circular Letter No. 2 defined Museum's four functions pertaining to tissue pathology.


 * 1930

American Registry of Pathology established.