including Army, Navy, and Air Force medical personnel. On August 25, 2005, the BRAC Committee recommended passage of the plans for the WRNMMC. The transfer of services from the existing to the new facilities was gradual to allow for continuity of care for the thousands of service members, retirees and family members that depended upon WRAMC. The end of operations at the WRAMC facility occurred on August 27, 2011. The Army says the cost of closing that hospital and consolidating it with Bethesda Naval Medical Center in suburban Maryland more than doubled to $2.6 billion since the plan was announced in 2005 by the Base Realignment and Closing Commission. Gallery Notable people who died at WRGH or WRAMC Creighton W. Abrams (1914–1974) US Army Chief of Staff; Deputy Commander and commander, Military Assistance Command, Vietnam. Joseph Beacham (1874–1958) US Army Brigadier General, head football coach at Cornell and the United States Military Academy. Charles Billingslea (1914–1989) US Army Major General, recipient of two Distinguished Service Crosses. Aaron Bradshaw Jr. (1894–1976) US Army Major General, Commanding General, Anti-Aircraft Artillery, U.S. Fifth Army during World War II. Roger Brooke (1878–1940) US Army Brigadier General and physician, Namesake of Brooke Army Medical Center, Fort Sam Houston, Texas. Fox Conner (1874–1951) US Army major general, Deputy US Army Chief of Staff, "The man who made Eisenhower." Carl Rogers Darnall (1867–1941) US Army Brigadier General and physician. Credited with developing the technique of liquid chlorination of drinking water. Commander of the Army Medical Center 1929–31. Namesake of Carl R. Darnall Army Medical Center, Ft Hood, TX. Everett M. Dirksen (1896–1969) US Senator from Illinois. William J. Donovan (1883–1959) US Army Major General, Medal of Honor recipient and Office of Strategic Services founder. John Foster Dulles (1888–1959) US Secretary of State; US Senator from New York Dwight D. Eisenhower (1890–1969) General of the Army during World War II; Supreme Allied Commander, Europe; 34th President of the United States. Mamie Eisenhower (1896–1979) First Lady of the United States and wife of Dwight D. Eisenhower. Francis Henry French (1857–1921) US Army Major General. Leslie R. Groves (1896–1970) US Army Lieutenant General, Builder of the Pentagon (United States) and Leader of the Manhattan Project Paul Ramsey Hawley (1891–1965) US Army Major General; Chief Surgeon, European Theater of Operations 1943–45; Chief Medical officer, Veterans' Administration 1946–47. Leonard D. Heaton (1902–1983) US Army Lieutenant General. Surgeon General of the United States