Cyrus W. Strickler

Cyrus Warren Strickler Sr. (November 1, 1873 – July 23, 1953) was an American physician and professor of clinical medicine at Emory University. He served in the United States Army Medical Corps during World War I.

Early life Cyrus Warren Strickler was born on November 1, 1873, in Fishersville, Augusta County, Virginia, to Mary Frances (née Moore) and Givens Brown Strickler (1840–1913). At a young age, his family moved to Atlanta, Georgia. His father was a veteran of the Confederate States Army and pastor of Central Presbyterian Church in Atlanta. He attended private schools in Atlanta and Washington and Lee University. He graduated, with first honor, from Atlanta Medical College with a Doctor of Medicine in 1897.

Career Strickler interned at Grady Memorial Hospital from 1897 to 1899 and was resident physician at Elkin Cooper Sanatorium in Atlanta from 1899 to 1901. In 1930, he retired from Emory as a professor emeritus.