Schmidt, William Morris, 1907-

Schmidt (University of Cincinnati, M.D. 1931) was associate professor, then head of the Department of Maternal and Child Health at Harvard School of Public Health, retiring as professor emeritus in 1973. His career included project work in nutrition in New York City, service with the Children's Bureau of the U.S. Department of Health, Education, and Welfare, and foreign relief work during and after World War II through the U.S. Department of State and the American Joint Distribution Committee. He began teaching at Harvard in 1949 and was concerned with the health issues of children, mothers, and adolescents in the U.S. and overseas.