Don J. Williamson
Commander, Medical Service Corps, United States Navy (Retired)
* Spanish American War Buff
* Collector of Spanish American War Relics and Memorabilia
* Collector of old bottles and glass
* Collector of glass and porcelain insulators
* Collector of old books and manuscripts
* Collector of stamps and coins
danboone1@bellsouth.net
Hi,
I was born on June 8, 1947 in Maryville, TN. My
father was a Major in the Air Force while I was growing
up, so my family home was wherever he was stationed....
England, Germany, Texas and finally Tennessee where he
retired. I attended high school and Middle Tennessee
State University in Murfreesboro, TN and on graduation,
joined the Navy as a Hospital Corpsman.
Subsequently I was chosen by the Navy to attend the
Ohio State University to become a registered dietitian.
Since that time my assignments have included being
stationed at Naval Hospitals in Beaufort, SC,
Charleston, SC, Bethesda, MD, Portsmouth, VA and
Jacksonville, FL. I also spent a tour of duty at the
Naval Military Personnel Command in Washington, DC, as the
Nutrition Programs Officer for the Navy.
In addition, I was deployed aboard the USS Iwo
Jima in 1988, and was involved in both Operations
Desert Shield and Desert Storm in Southwest Asia in
1990-1. I was also deployed to Guantanamo Bay, Cuba in
1995 to assess the immigrant feeding program. I retired
from Naval Hospital Jacksonville on Oct. 1,1998 after
completing a $3.2 million dollar renovation of the
Nutrition Management Department.
As a registered, licensed dietitian, I have also held positions with the Commissioned Corps, U.S. Public Health Service at the National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, and had my own private practice. Currently, I work as nutrition consultant.
