Walter Reed Medal


The Walter Reed Medal may refer to a Congressional Gold Medal awarded in 1929, or a medal currently awarded by the American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene. There have also been a number of privately issued commemorative medals in honor of Walter Reed.
The Congressional Gold Medal was awarded by Congress on February 28, 1929 to each of the persons listed below, "in special recognition of the high public service rendered and disabilities contracted in the interest of humanity and science as voluntary subjects for the experimentations during the yellow-fever investigations in Cuba"
On July 2, 1956, Congress passed a law to include Gustaf E. Lambert on the list.
On September 2, 1958, Congress passed a law to include Roger P. Ames on the list.