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Ray Lyman Wilbur ( April 13 , 1875 – June 26 , 1949 ) was a Medical Doctor , the 3rd President of Stanford University , and the 31st United States Secretary Of The Interior . He was born in Boone County, Iowa , to Dwight Locke Wilbur and Edna Maria Lyman (his brother, Curtis Dwight Wilbur , became United States Secretary Of The Navy under President Calvin Coolidge and a Judge of the Supreme Court of California ). He studied at Stanford University ( B.A. 1896 , M.A. 1897 ) and got a medical degree at Cooper Medical College in 1899 . He later became Warren Harding 's personal physician and was present at Harding's deathbed. Dean of the Stanford University School Of Medicine from 1911 to 1916 , he served as president of Stanford from January 1 , 1916 until 1943 , including during his period as Secretary of the Interior. He was President of the American Medical Association from 1923-1924. His son, Dwight Locke Wilbur , followed in his footsteps as President of the AMA in 1968-1969. From 1943 until his death in 1949 he served as the university's Chancellor . In 1927, when the , W. F. Chandler, William E. Colby (Secretary), and Henry W. O'Melveny. He was nominated for the position of Secretary of the Interior by his friend President Herbert C. Hoover on March 5 , 1929 , and took office the same day. His tenure ended on March 4 , 1933 . A Dormitory complex at Stanford is named after him. REFERENCES FURTHER READING
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