Griffin, Warren

Warren Griffin arrived in Alaska in 1959 to serve as Director of the Alaska Sanitation Aide Program. In 1963 he became the Health Mobilization Consultant for Alaska with the U.S. Public Health Service in Anchorage. He later served as Chief of the unit until 1971. His job required extensive travel throughout small villages in Alaska and according to Griffin, his most memorable experiences surrounded his close relationship with the natives of the villages as well as his duties in Anchorage during the 1964 Alaska earthquake. Mr. Griffin wrote numerous articles and reports regarding public health in Alaska and the Sanitation Aide Health Program. He retired to Port Angeles, Washington with his wife Eileen.

From the description of Warren B. Griffin slide collection, 1959-1964. [graphic]. (Alaska State Library). WorldCat record id: 49921059

Native American; health care administrator in Alaska and New Mexico.

From the description of Medicine on ice : a story of medical progress in Alaska, 1972. (Alaska State Library). WorldCat record id: 43956051