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Retiring general celebrated for military medical advances
Maj. Gen. Philip K. Russell retired after 36 years in the Army, ending a career as commander of the Medical Research and Development Command and Assistant Surgeon General for Research and Development. He plans to join Johns Hopkins University School of Public Health, credited with eliminating diseases threatening soldiers and leading vaccines work at Walter Reed. President Bush awarded the Distinguished Service Medal as colleagues praised his impact on preventive medicine.
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