https://vpiworldwarone.lib.vt.edu/files/original/535c976f882e371235c510abeaba4347.jpg 6b17eed8a120376449a9ba719d14e1f8 https://vpiworldwarone.lib.vt.edu/files/original/48f28ac8112c28c228487449fd2c7c18.jpg 99641d952ebe2db968827428986fed8d https://vpiworldwarone.lib.vt.edu/files/original/e9489cbe2fe2932e13ecbac048eb7067.tif c76a0f62297e0f0cd689a397cf421897 https://vpiworldwarone.lib.vt.edu/files/original/b3f3bc99a30477db77af4f4330146e8e.tif fb0c7ce47e383793ee5c458cb1e7edc0 https://vpiworldwarone.lib.vt.edu/files/original/b9088f07a170ea4c68e0f9cd53b69010.tif 38bcd4b655355909654f1594e7076f9b Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource VPI Class of 1907 Person An individual. Last Name Varner First and Middle Name Harry Howard VPI Graduating Class In what VPI class did this individual graduate or what class should they have graduated from? 1907 Rank What military rank did this individual hold? Captain Service Branch What branch of the military did this individual serve in? Army Unit What unit or ship did this individual serve in or on? Medical Hometown Warrenton Undergraduate Major What did this individual major in while at VPI? Civil Engineering Graduated Yes or no, did this individual graduate from VPI? Yes Birth Date 18 Dec. 1885 Birthplace Warrenton, Virginia Death Date 3 Nov. 1970 Cause of Death Pulmonary Congestion from Prostate Cancer Place of Death El Paso, Texas Parents Father: John David Varner Mother: Leila Mortimor Ramey Spouse(s) Susan Chapman Peacock Varner Mary Thornton Varner Children Mary Blackleck Varner Margaret Varner John David Varner Contributing Researchers Sophia Rademaker Lucas Allen Bibliography Texas Death Certificate, Number: 79176 U.S Army Transport Service August 10, 1918 Grave Application- Find a Grave Texas Medicine, Volume 67, Part 1, Texas Medical Association, 1971 Virginia War History Commission Military Service Record Questionnaire, 1921 Military Events What significant military events occurred in this individual's life? Departed from South Hampton, England on the Charles on August 10th, 1918 for the United States Biographical Text Harry Howard Varner was born in Warrenton, Virginia, on December 18, 1885 to John David Varner and Leila Mortimor Ramey. While attending VPI, Varner participated in many activities such as editor of the “Gray Jacket,” member of the baseball, track, and football teams, business manager of The Bugle, member of fraternities Delta Tau Delta and Phi Rho Sigma, among other clubs, graduating in 1907 with a degree in civil engineering. Varner was also educated at the University of Virginia where he received a B.A. and M.D., and practiced as a physician before entering the service on April 21st, 1917, in New York City. He then served as a medic in the Army. Retiring as a Captain in June of 1919, Varner lead the rest of his life in El Paso, Texas, as a physician, where he died in 1970 of prostate cancer. County and/or State Virginia Retired Rank What military rank did this individual hold upon retirement? Captain Postwar Life What did this individual do after the war? Moved to El Paso after serving in the Military, working as a physician. Occupation Physician Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Varner, Harry Howard questionnaire