Microfilm Reels of the Committee for the Nation's Health Records from the Michael M. Davis Collection, In the New York Academy of Medicine 1939-1955 (bulk 1946-1955)
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Wagner, Robert F. (Robert Ferdinand), 1877-1953
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Alumnus of City College, Class of 1898. From the description of Papers, 1926-1964. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 155504196 ...
Dingell, John D. (John David), 1894-1955
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John David Dingell Sr. (February 2, 1894 – September 19, 1955) was an American politician who represented Michigan's 15th congressional district from 1933 to 1955. He was a member of the Democratic Party. He was the father of the longest-serving member of Congress, former U.S. Representative John Dingell. Dingell was born in Detroit, Michigan, the son of Marie Ciesielski Opalewska and Joseph A. Dzieglewicz, who were Polish immigrants. The family's surname ended up being anglicized to 'Dingell...
United States. President (1945-1953 : Truman)
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Frothingham, Channing, 1881-1959
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Erskine-Murray, James, 1868-1927
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Electrical engineer, DSc, Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh. From the description of Papers, 1898-1927. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122469723 ...
American medical association
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Falk, I. S. (Isidore Sydney), 1899-1984
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Public health specialist. From the description of Reminiscences of Isidore Sydney Falk : oral history, 1963. (Columbia University In the City of New York). WorldCat record id: 122481519 Isidore Sydney Falk, bacteriologist, public health medical economist, and social security expert, received his Ph.B. from Yale in 1920, and his Ph.D. in 1923. Falk was a professor of bacteriology at the University of Chicago from 1923-1929; a research associate at the Milbank Memorial Fund fr...
Committee for the Nation's Health Records
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The Committee for the Nation's Health (CNH) was incorporated on 23 February 1946 with Michael M. Davis as chairman of its Executive Committee. Davis was by the time of the organization of the CNH one of the major figures in health care policy in the United States. Born on 19 Nov. 1879 in New York, Davis received a Ph.D. from Columbia in 1906. First in Boston and later in New York, Davis led movements to extend dispensary services to people of moderate means. He then served as direct...
Lasker, Mary
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Mary Lasker and her husband were founders of the Albert and Mary Lasker Foundation which gives an award for contributions to medical research and public health administration. She was associated with many charitable organizations. From the description of Papers, 1945-1962. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 155523699 Mary Lasker (1900-1994) along with her husband Albert D. Lasker, co-founder of the Albert and Mary Lasker Foundation. Between 1900 and 1940 major sources of financi...
National Physicians' Committee for the Extension of Medical Service
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The National Physicians' Committee for the Extension of Medical Service (also known as the National Physicians Committee, or NPC) was a lobbying organization affiliated with the American Medical Association, and supported by pharmaceutical concerns. In 1948-1949, the NPC attacked Truman-era national health care proposals, such as the Wagner-Murray-Dingell Bill, and federal security administrator Oscar R. Ewing's advocacy of compulsory health insurance. From the guide to the National ...
Davis, Michael Marks, 1879-1971
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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 Com...
