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'''Carl Edward Stracener''' (July 27, 1931 – September 13, 2011) was an American military officer and pediatrician who with two other physicians<ref>{{cite web|url=http://pediatrics.aappublications.org/content/43/1/84.abstract|title=Robert G. Scherz, George H. Latham, and Carl E. Stracener, "Child-Resistant Containers Can Prevent Poisoning"|publisher=pediatrics.aappublications.org|accessdate=February 25, 2012}}</ref>
'''Carl Edward Stracener''' (July 27, 1931 – September 13, 2011) was an American military officer and pediatrician who with two other physicians<ref>{{cite web|url=http://pediatrics.aappublications.org/content/43/1/84.abstract|title=Robert G. Scherz, George H. Latham, and Carl E. Stracener, "Child-Resistant Containers Can Prevent Poisoning"|publisher=pediatrics.aappublications.org|accessdate=February 25, 2012}}</ref>
invented the child-resistant bottle cap.<ref name=obit>{{cite web|url=https://www.legacy.com/obituaries/thetowntalk/obituary.aspx?n=carl-e-stracener&pid=153889467|title=Col. Carl Stracener obituary|publisher=''[[Alexandria Daily Town Talk]]'|accessdate=September 25, 2011}}</ref>
invented the child-resistant bottle cap.<ref name=obit>{{cite web|url=https://www.legacy.com/obituaries/thetowntalk/obituary.aspx?n=carl-e-stracener&pid=153889467|title=Col. Carl Stracener obituary|publisher=''[[Alexandria Town Talk]]''|accessdate=September 25, 2011}}</ref>
Stracener graduated in 1948 from Bolton High School in his native [[Alexandria, Louisiana|Alexandria]] in central [[Louisiana]]. He received both his undergraduate and medical degrees from [[Louisiana State University]] in [[Baton Rouge]]. He was commissioned into the [[United States Army]], having attained the rank of colonel. He practiced primarily at [[Walter Reed]] Medical Center in [[Washington, D.C.]], Brooke Army Medical Center at Fort Sam Houston in [[San Antonio]], [[Texas]], and Madigan Army Medical Center outside [[Tacoma]], [[Washington]]. Stracener was assigned to the 4th Infantry Division in the [[Vietnam War]], where he instituted programs to aid the native Vietnamese people. In 1975, as the war ended in [[communist]] triumph, Stracener directed Operation Babylift, which spared many children from disease and death. He received the Legion of Merit and the Distinguished Service medals.<ref name=obit/>
Stracener graduated in 1948 from Bolton High School in his native [[Alexandria, Louisiana|Alexandria]] in central [[Louisiana]]. He received both his undergraduate and medical degrees from [[Louisiana State University]] in [[Baton Rouge]]. He was commissioned into the [[United States Army]], having attained the rank of colonel. He practiced primarily at [[Walter Reed]] Medical Center in [[Washington, D.C.]], Brooke Army Medical Center at Fort Sam Houston in [[San Antonio]], [[Texas]], and Madigan Army Medical Center outside [[Tacoma]], [[Washington]]. Stracener was assigned to the 4th Infantry Division in the [[Vietnam War]], where he instituted programs to aid the native Vietnamese people. In 1975, as the war ended in [[communist]] triumph, Stracener directed Operation Babylift, which spared many children from disease and death. He received the Legion of Merit and the Distinguished Service medals.<ref name=obit/>