Davis, Michael Marks, 1879-1971

Michael Davis was one of the major figures in health care policy in the United States. He served as chairman of the Executive Committee of the Committee for the Nation's Health (CNH), incorporated in 1946 and abolished in 1956. Davis received a Ph.D. from Columbia in 1906. In Boston and then in New York, Davis led movements to extend dispensary services to people of moderate means. He later served as director of medical services for the Julius Rosenwald Fund and chaired the foundation-funded Committee on Research in Medical Economics before assuming leadership of the CNH.

From the description of Miscellaneous papers, supplementary to the Committee for the Nation's Health Records from the Michael M. Davis Collection, New York Academy of Medicine, [1950-1960]. (New York Academy of Medicine). WorldCat record id: 78930099

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