Background
Carter, Richard was born on January 24, 1918 in New York City. Son of Samuel J. and Alice (Kulka) Carter.
( National voluntary health organizations are popularly ...)
National voluntary health organizations are popularly viewed as charities and are not inclined to debate this designation since this accounts for much of their success. But as Richard Carter brilliantly demonstrates, the combination of health and charity also provides thebasisfor difficulties. Most Americans have a high opinion of health maintenance and a lesser opinion of charity. They are unlikely to be comfortable linking one with the other. The Gentle Legions is a candid and illuminating analysis of the big, voluntary health organizations that have dominated in the second half of the century. Since the original publication of this book thirty years ago, some new groups have arisen and some old ones have collapsed. What has remained constant is a high participation of volunteers to such causes. Carter discusses how big philanthropies function, their goals in the fund-raising campaigns, and the projects that have resulted in both miraculous discoveries and disastrous failures. A new introduction brings Carter's story up to date, and provides background for a work that remains unsurpassed in clarity of expression and intellectual scope. The Gentle Legions is a thought-provoking study of the sociology, economics, and ethics of modern medical charity.
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Carter, Richard was born on January 24, 1918 in New York City. Son of Samuel J. and Alice (Kulka) Carter.
Bachelor of Arts, College City New York, 1938.
Music editor, Billboard magazine, 1940-1946; staff organizer, New York Newspaper Guild, 1946-1947; writer, New York Daily Mirror, 1947-1949; writer, New York Daily Compass, 1949-1952; president, Millwood Publs., Inc., 1971-1980; columnist, The Racing Times, 1991-1992; columnist, Daily Racing Form, since 1992.
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Served with United States Army Air Force, 1942-1945, PTO. Member Authors Guild, National Association Science Writers, National Turf Writers Association.
Married Gladys Chasins, October 20, 1945. Children— Nancy Jane, John Andrew.