Background
Bolt, Richard Arthur was born on March 12, 1880 in Saint Louis. Son of Richard Orchard and Mary Virginia (Belt) Bolt.
Bolt, Richard Arthur was born on March 12, 1880 in Saint Louis. Son of Richard Orchard and Mary Virginia (Belt) Bolt.
Student Washington University, 1899-1900. Bachelor of Arts, University of Michigan, 1904, Doctor of Medicine 1906. Postgraduate Boston Children’s Hospital, also Boston Lying-In Hospital, New York Lying-In Hospital.
Graduate Public Health, University of California, 1917, Doctor P.H., 1924.
Doctor P.H. (fellow), Johns Hopkins, 1925.
Graduate Public Health, University of California, 1917, Doctor P.H., 1924. Doctor P.H. (fellow), Johns Hopkins, 1925. Married Rebecca Beatrice French, July 21, 1908.
Children—Elizabeth Rebecca (Mistress East. C. Pendleton), Richard Henry, Marrion Jane (Mistress Jack West. Field), Robert Bashford.
Intern Saint Vincent’s Charity Hospital, Cleveland, 1907-1908, pathologist, visiting physician, 1907-1909. Actg. medical director Babies’ Dispensary and Hospital, Cleveland, 1909-1910.
Medical director United States Indemnity College, Pekin, China, 1911-1916. Chief bureau child hygiene Cleveland Department Health, 1917-1918.
Instructor and associate in pediatrics Western Reserve Medical School, 1917-1920, associate in hygiene, public health and pediatric departments, 1929-1945.
Lecturer Johns Hopkins University, 1920-1925, Johns Hopkins School Hygiene and Public Health, 1923-1925, National Catholic Welfare School. Assistant professor child hygiene University of California, 1925-1929, lecturer school public health, 1945-1948, emeritus, since 1948, special summer lecturer since 1920, lecturer extension division, 1925-1929. Director Cleveland Child Health Association, 1929-1945.
Specialist in maternal and infant hygiene United States Children’s Bureau, since 1924.
Adviser in child hygiene City Health Department and Public Schools Berkeley, 1925-1929, special lecturer Stanford, 1923. Director child welfare division Tuberculosis Column., American Red Cross in Italy, 1918-1919.
Director Alameda County (California) Public Health Center, 1919-1920. General director American Child Hygiene Association, also secretary-treasurer National Child Health Council, 1920-1922.
Medical director American Child Health Association, 1923-1924.
Member White House Conference on Child Health and Protection. Chairman of Commission on prevention and research International Society for Crippled Children. Official delegate from United States to 6th English-Speaking Conference on Maternity and Child Welfare, London, 1933, also Congres International pour la Protection de l’Enfance, Paris.
Associate in 44th congress Royal Sanitary Institute of England and Wales, Blackpool, England, 1933.
Member hygiene reference board Life Extension Institute. Member Conference on College Hygiene, Surgeon-General’s Conference on Control of Venereal Disease, Washington, 1936.
Member White House Conference on Children in a Democracy, 1939. Member Executive Committee of governor’s commission on follow-up of White House Conference in Ohio, 1941.
Advisory board Living Age.
Member Carl Schurz Memorial Foundation, Cleveland Health Council, Civilian Defense, Emergency Child Care and Nutrition Committee. Member administrative committee School Public Health. Representative Spokesmen for Children, Incorporated.
Member Emergency Committee to Save United States Chlidren’s Bureau.
Member White House Conference on Child Health and Protection. Member hygiene reference board Life Extension Institute. Member Conference on College Hygiene, Surgeon-General’s Conference on Control of Venereal Disease, Washington, 1936.
Member White House Conference on Children in a Democracy, 1939.
Member Executive Committee of governor’s commission on follow-up of White House Conference in Ohio, 1941. Member Carl Schurz Memorial Foundation, Cleveland Health Council, Civilian Defense, Emergency Child Care and Nutrition Committee.
Member administrative committee School Public Health. Member Emergency Committee to Save United States Chlidren’s Bureau.
Fellow American Public Health Association.
Member Cleveland Dental Society (honorary), Sigma Xi, Alpha Kappa Kappa, Delta Omega, Phi Sigma.
Married Rebecca Beatrice French, July 21, 1908. Children: Elizabeth Rebecca (Mistress East. C. Pendleton), Richard Henry, Marrion Jane (Mistress Jack West. Field), Robert Bashford.