In 1992, to honor Lieutenant Colonel William Cline Borden (Major Walter Reed’s personal physician and conceiver of the original Walter Reed General Hospital) the Center’s name was changed to Borden Institute.
Lieutenant Colonel William Cline Borden was the initiator, planner and effective mover for the creation, location, and first Congressional support of the Medical Center.
William Cline Borden (1858–1934), American surgeon and planner of Walter Reed Army Medical Center
In 1992, the Center of Excellence in Military Medical Research and Education name was renamed the Borden Institute in his honor.
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In 1909 Borden was named Dean of the School of Medicine and Health Sciences at The George Washington University.
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