William Henry Bucher, M.D. (1874-1934) was a beloved superintendent of Olive View Sanatorium. He was the first permanent superintendent at Olive View, following his service in the Navy during the Spanish-American War. It was there he got his first experience with tuberculosis patients in the Navy's first sanatorium, and also where he contracted tuberculosis. Because of his own experience as a patient with tuberculosis, he was especially suited to understand the needs of the patients at Olive View and was very effective at meeting these needs. During his tenure many programs were established, including Occupational Therapy, Convalescent Camps (reentry program) and Labor Camps (work, room, and board for homeless men), a county library branch, and the construction of the Olive View chapel also happened under his purview. After his death in 1934, and a tree was planted at Olive View and Emil Bogen collected and edited his writings in the the biography, Surgeon Errant: The Life and Writings of William Henry Bucher, 1874-1934 (published by The Angeles Press, Los Angeles, 1935). Notes and correspondence by Bucher are included in the Administration series of this collection.