Background
Muench, Hugo was born on October 17, 1894 in Saint Louis. Son of Hugo and Eugenia (Thamer) Muench.
Muench, Hugo was born on October 17, 1894 in Saint Louis. Son of Hugo and Eugenia (Thamer) Muench.
Bachelor of Arts, Cornell, 1915. Doctor of Medicine Washington University, 1918. Doctor of Public Health, Doctor of Public Hygiene, Johns Hopkins, 1932.
Master of Arts (honorary), Harvard, 1946.
1 son, James Frederick. Intern military hospitals, 1917-1920. County health officer Bertie County, Windsor, North Carolina, 1920-1921.
Member field staff, international health division, Rockefeller Foundation, 1921-1946, charge statistical work, 1932-1937, fellowship adviser, 1937-1946.
Professor biostatistics Harvard School Public Health, 1946-1972, assistant dean, 1946-1954.
Member field staff, international health division, Rockefeller Foundation, 1921-1946, charge statistical work, 1932-1937, fellowship adviser, 1937-1946. Member commission on evaluation Poliomyelitis vaccine. Diplomate (founders group) American Board Preventive Medicine and Public Health.
Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, American Statistical Association, American Public Health Association.
Member Institute of Mathematics Statistics, American Epidemiological Society, Delta Omega (past national president).
Married Helen Ruth Harrison, December 28, 1920.