Background
Atwater, Reginald Myers was born on August 6, 1892 in Canon City, Colorado, United States. Son of Samuel Henry and Selina (Myers) Atwater.
physician public health official
Atwater, Reginald Myers was born on August 6, 1892 in Canon City, Colorado, United States. Son of Samuel Henry and Selina (Myers) Atwater.
Bachelor of Arts, Colorado College, 1914, Doctor of Laws, 1949. Doctor of Medicine Harvard, 1918. Master of Public Health, Johns Hopkins, 1920, Doctor P. H., 1921.
Medical house officer Peter Bent Brigham Hospital, Boston, 1918-1919. Fellow in public health Rockefeller Foundation, 1919-1921. Consultant epidemiologist North Carolina State Board of Health, 1920.
Associate professor, hygiene, Hunan-Yale College of Medicine, Changsha, Hunan, China, 1921-1925.
Medical officer of health, Kuling Estate, Kiangsi, China, 1922-1925. Instructor preventive medicine and hygiene, Harvard Medical School, 1925-1927.
Instructor epidemiology, Harvard School Public Health, 1925-1927. Commissioner of health, Cattaraugus County Department of Health, Olean, New York, 1927-1935.
Executive secretary American Public Health assosiation, New York City, since 1935.
Managing editor American Journal Public Health. Special consultant United States.P.H.S. Board directors National Health Council.
Advising committee Cleveland Health Museum.
Served in Medical Roman Catholic, United States Army, 1918-1919. Fellow American Public Health Association, American Medical Association (honorary) Royal Sanitary Institute (England). Member New York State Medical Society, Phi Beta Kappa, Alpha Omega Alpha, Delta Omega.
Member The Riverside Church, New York City.
Married Charlotte Martin Penfield, July 10, 1919. Children: Caroline Penfield (Mistress Edwin Slater Leonard), Martha Martin (Mistress John Bodine Duncan), Constance Avery (Mistress Edward J. Bowser, Junior.
