Winslow, C.-E. A. (Charles-Edward Amory), 1877-1957
Variant namesCharles-Edward Amory Winslow was born in 1877. He received degrees from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (M.I.T.) in 1898 (B.S.) and 1899 (M.S.). He taught at the University of Chicago, the College of the City of New York, Columbia University, and Yale University. Winslow also served as editor-in-chief of the Journal of Bacteriology (1916-1944), as a member of the American Red Cross Mission to Russia, as president of the American Public Health Association (1926), as editor of the American Journal of Public Health (1944-1954), and as a member of several professional organizations. He died in New Haven, Connecticut in 1957.
From the description of Charles-Edward Amory Winslow papers, 1874-1977 (inclusive), 1915-1945 (bulk). (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 702158895
Charles-Edward Amory Winslow was born in 1877. He received degrees from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (M.I.T.) in 1898 (B.S.) and 1899 (M.S.). He taught at the University of Chicago, the College of the City of New York, Columbia University, and Yale University. Winslow also served as editor-in-chief of the Journal of Bacteriology (1916-1944), as a member of the American Red Cross Mission to Russia, as president of the American Public Health Association (1926), as editor of the American Journal of Public Health (1944-1954), and as a member of several professional organizations. He died in New Haven, Connecticut in 1957.
Charles-Edward Amory Winslow was recognized nationally by the time of his death as the elder statesman of the American public health movement. In addition to his career as a teacher, he served as an organization leader, editor, consultant, policy formulator and writer. The following list contains some principal events in his personal and professional life:
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1877:
born in Boston to Erving and Catherine (Reignolds) Winslow -
1894:
was graduated from the English High School, Boston -
1898:
received B.S. degree from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology -
1898:
assistant health officer, Montclair, New Jersey -
1899:
received M.S. degree from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology -
1899 -1902 :performed special work during summers in engineer's office, Massachusetts State Board of Health -
1900 -1910 :instructor and later assistant professor (1903) of sanitary bacteriology in the Massachusetts Institute of Technology -
1903 -1910 :biologist-in-charge, Sanitary Research Laboratory, Massachusetts Institute of Technology -
1907:
married Anne Fuller Rogers -
1910:
visiting assistant professor of bacteriology in the University of Chicago -
1918 -1914 :associate professor of biology in the College of the City of New York -
1910 -1922 :curator of public health in the American Museum of Natural History -
1911 -1926 :lecturer in public health and nursing in Columbia University Teachers College -
1914 -1915 :director of Division of Public Health Education, New York State Department of Health -
1915 -1945 :Anna M. R. Lauder Professor of Public Health in Yale University -
1916 -1944 :editor-in-chief, Journal of Bacteriology -
1917:
member, American Red Cross Mission to Russia -
1917 -1951 :member, Public Health Council, Connecticut Department of Health -
1918:
received honorary D.P.H. degree from New York University -
1921:
general medical director, League of Red Cross Societies -
1922 -1925 :editor, The Nation's Health -
1926:
president, American Public Health Association -
1927 -1930 :expert assessor, Health Committee, League of Nations -
1928 -1932 :vice-chairman and chairman of the Executive Committee, Committee on the Costs of Medical Care -
1932 -1947 :director of the John B. Pierce Laboratory of Hygiene -
1942:
received Sedgwick Memorial Medal -
1944 -1954 :editor, American Journal of Public Health -
1945 -1957 :professor emeritus in Yale University -
1952:
received Leon Barnard Foundation Prize -
1957:
died, New Haven, Connecticut
For additional biographical information see Series VII, below, and the Dictionary of American Biography, Supplement 6. The Winslow Papers are part of the Contemporary Medical Care and Health Policy Collection, and other manuscript groups in the collection, especially the Isidore S. Falk Papers (Ms. Group No. 1039), supplement the material in these papers.
From the guide to the Charles-Edward Amory Winslow papers, 1874-1977, 1915-1945, (Manuscripts and Archives)
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Birth 1877-02-04
Death 1957-01-08
