Patrick Sarsfield Madigan (February 14, 1887 – May 8, 1944) was an American military officer in the United States Army who served as Assistant to the Surgeon General from 1940 to 1943.
Early life and education
Madigan was born in Washington, D.C. to Irish Catholics John Joseph Madigan and Mary Joseph Daly. He had two brothers and three sisters. Both of his brothers were in the Army Medical Corps, one of them retiring as a Colonel and another resigning to practice in a non-military setting.[1]
In 1940, Madigan was appointed Assistant to the Surgeon General, a position he held until 1943.[2]
Personal life
Madigan was married to Mary Shugrue. He was opposed to on-demand abortions and wrote about this belief in his papers and journals.[2]
Madigan died in Fort Belvoir, Virginia, on May 8, 1944, at the age of 57. He was buried in Arlington National Cemetery. He had two sons. One, Emmett Patrick Madigan, became a doctor.