Background
White, Kerr Lachlan was born on January 23, 1917 in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. Son of John Alexander and Ruth Cecelia (Preston) Stevenson.
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My conviction is that the matters addressed in this volume are of transcendental importance if we are to face up to the challenges of the 1990s and beyond. How, for instance, are we to cope with a truly ecological approach to public health and all its concomitant changes of risk groups worldwide unless there is a full appre ciation of the popUlation perspective throughout the health establishment? The global village has achieved a measure of interdependence requiring recognition by all concerned with the health of both individuals and communities that there is an urgent need to share our knowledge and deploy our resources in the best interests of people everywhere. The history of public health initiatives, the origins of epidemiology, and the tragic separation-virtually a divorce--of public health from medicine recounted in the chapters that follow argue strongly for an early rapprochement. Health professionals who complement each other's knowledge and skills can be reunited through their common reliance on epidemiology as a major fundamental science for the entire health enterprise. Henceforth, epidemiology should be ranked in importance with cellular and molecular biology, immunology, and the social and systems sciences; all are essential if we are to cope with the vast array of diseases and disorders that face us in both the developed and developing worlds. We need more first-rate laboratory scientists, clinicians, nurses, aides, village health work ers, and managers committed to serving the public.
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White, Kerr Lachlan was born on January 23, 1917 in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. Son of John Alexander and Ruth Cecelia (Preston) Stevenson.
Bachelor with honors (Oliver Gold medal), McGill University, 1940; Doctor of Medicine, CM, McGill University, 1949; Doctor of Medicine (honorary), University Leuven, 1978; postgraduate, London School Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, 1960; Doctor of Science (honorary), McMaster U., 1983.
Intern, resident in medicine, Mary Hitchcock Memorial Hospital, Hanover, N.H., 1949-1952;
Hosmer fellow, McGill University and Royal Victoria Hospital, Montreal, Quebec, Canada, 1952-1953;
assistant professor medicine, U. North Carolina School Medicine, Chapel Hill, 1953-1957;
associate professor medicine and preventive medicine, U. North Carolina School Medicine, Chapel Hill, 1957-1962;
Commonwealth advanced fellow Medical Research Council, Social Medicine Research unit, London Hospital, 1959-1960;
chairman, professor epidemiology and community medicine, U. Vermont, Burlington, 1962-1964;
professor School Hygiene and Public Health, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, 1965-1976;
department chairman health care organization, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, 1965-1972;
director Institute Health Care Studies, United Hospital Fund New York, 1977-1978;
deputy director health science, Rockefeller Foundation, New York City, 1978-1997;
retired, Rockefeller Foundation, New York City, 1997. Chairman United States National Committee Vital and Health Statistics, 1975-1979. Member health advisory panel Office of Technology Assessment, United States Congress, 1975-1982.
Consultant National Center Health Statistics, 1967-1983, World Health Organization, since 1967.
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Trustee Case-Western Reserve University, 1974—1979. Board directors Foundation for Child Development, 1969—1980. Fellow: American Public Health Association (governor council 1964-1968, 1971-1973, council medical care section 1962-1965), National Academy of Sciences (Institute Medicine council 1974-1976, chairman membership committee 1975-1977), American College of Physicians, American Association for the Advancement of Science, American Heart Association, American Academy Preventive Medicine, Royal Society Medicine (honorary).
Member: American Medical Association, Kerr L. White Institute Health Services Research (honorary director since 1995), International Epidemiological Association (honorary. Life, president 1974-1977, treasurer, executive committee 1964-1971, 1974-1977, council 1971-1981), American Hospital Association (advisory council educational and research trust 1965-1968), Association Teachers Preventive Medicine (council 1963-1968), Century Club (New York City), Cosmos Club (Washington), Alpha Omega Alpha, Sigma Xi.
Married Isabel Anne Pennefather, November 26, 1943. Children: Susan Isabel, Margot Edith.