Background
Foote, Franklin Manley was born on April 15, 1908 in Dannemora, New York, United States. Son of Wilbur Ephraim and May Etta (Manley) Foote.
Foote, Franklin Manley was born on April 15, 1908 in Dannemora, New York, United States. Son of Wilbur Ephraim and May Etta (Manley) Foote.
Bachelor of Science, Yale University, 1930. Doctor of Medicine, Yale University, 1933. Department of Public Health, Yale University, 1935.
Physician, United States Public Health Service Hospital, Norfolk, Virginia, 1933-1934;
county health officer, Tennessee, 1935-1937;
chief division local health administration, Connecticut State Department Health, 1937-1941;
district health officer, New York City, 1941-1946;
medical director, later executive director, National Society Prevention Blindness, New York City, 1946-1959;
assistant professor public health and preventive medicine, Cornell Univercity Medical School, 1941-1952;
commissioner, Connecticut State Department Health, 1959-1973. Lecturer in epidemiology, public health Yale, 1959. Medical consultant Travelers Insurance Company, 1973-1977.
Health director, City of Wethersfield, since 1977. Secretary National Health Council, New York City, 1957-1959.
Served as major Medical Corps Army of the United States, 1942-1946. Fellow American Public Health Association. Member American Medical Association, Connecticut Medical Society, International Association Prevention Blindness, American Association Eastern State Hospital Construction Authorities (president 1966).
Married Doris Brewer Humphrey, June 24, 1933 (deceased 1987). Children: Patricia Beverly, Susan Eleanor, Franklin Humphrey. Married Marjorie Rose Evans, April 15, 1989.