Background
Ravenholt, Reimert Thorolf was born on March 9, 1925 in Milltown, Wisconsin, United States.
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Reimert Thorolf Ravenholt
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Bachelor of Science, University Minnesota, 1948; Bachelor of Medicine, University of Minnesota, 1951; Doctor of Medicine, University Minnesota, 1952; Master of Public Health, University of California-Berkeley, 1956.
Career
Intern, United States Public Health Service Hospital, San Francisco, 1951-1952; epidemic intelligence service officer, United States Public Health Service Communicable Disease Center, Atlanta, 1952-1954; director epidemiology and communicable disease division, Seattle-King County Health Department, 1954-1961; epidemiology consultant, European area United States Public Health Service, Paris, 1961-1963; associate professor preventive medicine, U. Washington Medical School, Seattle, 1963-1966; director, Office of Population, Agency for International Development, Washington, 1966-1979; director, World Health Surveys, Centers for Disease Control, 1980-1982; assistant director epidemiology and research, National Institute Drug Abuse, Rockville, Maryland., 1982-1984; chief epidemiology branch, Food and Drug Administration, Rockville, Maryland., 1984-1987; director, World Health Surveys, Inc., Seattle, 1987-1993; president, Population Health Imperatives, Seattle, since 1993.
Achievements
Membership
Served with United States Public Health Service, 1951-1954, 61-63. Fellow American College Epidemiology, APHA (Carl Schultz award 1978). Member American Council on Science and Health (board directors), N.W. Danish Foundation (board directors), Cosmos Club (Washington).
Connections
Son of Ansgar Benedikt and Kristine Henriette (Petersen) R. Divorced; children: Janna, Mark, Lisa, Dane. Married Betty Butler Howell, September 26, 1981.
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Political Party
Independent