BRIGADIER GENERAL OTIS BLAINE SCHREUDER Otis B. Schreuder was born at Chicago, Illinois, November 6, 1893. He later moved with his family to Seattle, Washington, where he was graduated from high school in 1911. He was graduated from the University of Washington at Seattle with a Bachelor of Science degree in 1915, and from the University of Oregon Medical School in 1924.In May 1917, he became a student officer at the Presidio of San Francisco training camp and in August, 1917, entered the Aviation Section Ground School at the University of California.He went overseas in October 1917 as a flying cadet and the following May, while in France, received his Reserve commission as a first lieutenant in the Air Service. He remained overseas with the Army of Occupation in Germany until August 1919.He then returned to the United States and was honorably discharged August 29, 1919, after which he entered the University of Oregon Medical School. He received his Doctor of Medicine degree in 1924 and then became an intern at the Seattle (Washington) City Hospital.He was appointed a first lieutenant in the Medical Corps, Regular Army, on July 10, 1925, and ordered to duty at Walter Reed General Hospital in Washington, D.C.In January 1930, he went to Hawaii, where he served successively as ward officer in the General Medical Ward at Schofield Barracks and Tripler General Hospital and as attending surgeon for the city of Honolulu.He returned to the United States in March 1932, and was assigned to Randolph Field, Texas, as ward surgeon. In July 1936, he was reassigned to Walter Reed General Hospital as chief of the Allergy Clinic, and later served as chief of the General Medical Section there. In October 1940, he was transferred to Moffett Field, California, where he served successively as executive officer of the station hospital and post surgeon.A year later he was transferred to Santa Ana, California, to become post surgeon of the Cadet Classification Center. He became surgeon for the AAF Technical Training Center at Knollwood Field, North Carolina, in July 1942, and a month later was named post surgeon for the Miami Beach (Florida) School. In December 1942, he became surgeon for the AAF School of Applied Tactics at Orlando, Florida, and the following October was appointed chief of the Air Surgeon Branch of the AAF Tactical Center at Orlando. He was named surgeon of the Tactical Center in July 1944.In May 1945, he went overseas for duty in the Surgeon’s Office of the U.S. Strategic Air Forces in Europe which, on August 7, 1945, was redesignated the U.S. Air Forces in Europe. In October of that year he was named air surgeon of the U.S. Air Forces in Europe. He returned to the United States in February 1948, and was appointed air surgeon of Air Material Command at Wright-Patterson AFB, Ohio, which position he held until his retirement from the Air Force on July 31, 1953.Rated a Flight Surgeon, General Schreuder has been awarded the Army Commendation Ribbon with one Oak Leaf Cluster, World War I Victory, Army of Occupation of Germany Medal, American Defense Service Medal, American Campaign Medal, European-African-Middle Eastern Campaign Medal, World War II Victory, and Army of Occupation Medal (Germany).General Schreuder authored the articles “Spraying of DDT from Airplanes,” Air Surgeon’s Bulletin, March 1945, and “The Use of Bacteriophage in Prevention of Upper Respiratory Diseases,” Military Surgeon, 1935.PROMOTIONSPrivate and Private First Class, Aviation Section Signal Enlisted Reserve Corps, August 15, 1917, to May 27, 1918; First Lieutenant, Air Service (A.), U.S.A., May 16, 1918, to August 29, 1919; First Lieutenant, Medical Corps, June 30, 1925; accepted July 10, 1925; Captain, March 29, 1927; Major, March 29, 1936; Lieutenant Colonel, A.U.S., February 1, 1942; Colonel, A.U.S. (Air Corps), March 1, 1942; Colonel, A.U.S., August 31, 1943; Lieutenant Colonel, March 29, 1944; Colonel, July 1, 1949, with date of rank from March 11, 1948; Brigadier General (temporary), August 16, 1949, with date of rank from June 26, 1949; retired with rank of Brigadier General, July 31, 1953.