John Thomas Winter (April 26, 1842 – June 22, 1902) was a graduate of the Georgetown University School of Medicine in 1870 and was one of the founders of the medical department of the National University.
Born in Frederick County, Maryland, he entered the Quartermaster's Department of the United States Army and was stationed in Washington, D.C. for much of the Civil War.1 He graduated from the Georgetown University Medical School in 1870.
One of the original incorporators of the Eastern Dispensary and Casualty Hospital, he oversaw its clinic of general and nervous diseases between 1888 and 1898. In the summer of 1884, he was invited by the Board of Regents of the National University to organize a medical department for the institution; he did so and served as its president until 1902. At the time of his death, he was president of the Board of Commissioners of Pharmacy of the District of Columbia.2
- 1Georgetown University in the District of Columbia, 1789-1907, its founders, benefactors, officers, instructors and alumni. James Stanislaus Easby-Smith. New York : Lewis, 1907
- 2“Death of Dr. J.T. Winter: He Was One of the Oldest Practicing Physicians in Washington.” The Washington Post, June, 23 1902