Hiscock, Ira V. (Ira Vaughan), 1892-

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Dates:
Birth 1892
Gender:
Female

Biographical notes:

Bacteriologist; member of the Conn. Dept. of Health, 1914-1917; from 1920-1960, professor of public health, Yale University; innovator in the areas of public health surveys and state and local health councils; frequent consultant and volunteer to local, state, and national social welfare agencies.

From the description of Ira Vaughan Hiscock papers, 1918-1979 (inclusive), 1925-1939 (bulk). (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 702205907

From the guide to the Ira Vaughan Hiscock papers, 1918-1979, 1925-1939, (Manuscripts and Archives)

Ira Vaughn Hiscock (1892-1986) was born in Farmington, ME. He received his batchelor's degree from Wesleyan University and his masters and Ph.D. from Yale University. Trained as a bacteriologist, he joined Yale's School of Public Health faculty in 1920 and retired in 1960; an endowed professorship there now bears his name. He was member of the Connecticut Department of Health (1914-1917) and served as president of the National Health Council, the American Public Health Association, the Association of Schools of Public Health, and the National Society for the Prevention of Blindness. He was also an active member of the World Health Organization. He was known as innovator in the areas of public health surveys in the U.S., and conducted similar studies in Samoa. Hiscock was a frequent consultant and volunteer to local, state, and national health councils and social welfare agencies.

From the guide to the Ira Vaughn Hiscock Papers, 1920-1974, (History of Medicine Division. National Library of Medicine)

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Subjects:

  • Bacteriology
  • Child health services
  • Communicable diseases
  • Dairy farming
  • Dairy farming
  • Health education
  • Health Care Surveys
  • Health insurance
  • Health insurance
  • Health maintenance organizations
  • Health maintenance organizations
  • Health surveys
  • Mental health
  • Maternal health services
  • Milk
  • Public health
  • Public health
  • Sanitation
  • Sex instruction
  • Tuberculosis
  • Voluntary health agencies
  • Voluntary health agencies
  • Water

Occupations:

  • Bacteriologists
  • Educators
  • Health officers

Places:

  • New Haven (Conn.) (as recorded)
  • United States (as recorded)
  • Connecticut (as recorded)
  • Connecticut--New Haven (as recorded)
  • Connecticut (as recorded)
  • New Haven (Conn.) (as recorded)
  • China (as recorded)