Robert Johns Haggerty

Background

Haggerty, Robert Johns was born on October 20, 1925 in Saranac Lake, New York, United States. Son of Gordon Abbott and Nina (Johns) Haggerty.

Education

AB, Cornell Univercity, 1946; Doctor of Medicine, Cornell Univercity, 1949; AM (honorary), Harvard University, 1975; Doctor of Science (honorary), Indiana U., 1990.

Career

Intern, Strong Memorial Hospital, Rochester, New York, 1949-1951; from resident to chief resident pediatrics, Children's Hospital Medical Center, Boston, 1953-1955; medical director family health care program, Harvard Medical School, also assistant professor pediatrics, 1953-1964; professor pediatrics, department chairman, U. Rochester School Medicine, 1964-1975; Roger I. Lee professor health services, department chairman health services, Harvard School Public Health, 1975-1978; professor pediatrics, Harvard Medical School, Boston, 1975-1978; clinical professor, Harvard Medical School, 1978-1980; president, Wm. T. Grant Foundation, New York City, 1980-1992; clinical professor pediatrics, Cornell Univercity Medical School, New York City, 1980-1992; professor pediatrics emeritus, U. Rochester School Medicine, since 1992; executive director, International Pediatric Association, 1993-1998. Director general pediatrics academic development program Robert Wood Johnson Foundation,1978-1988.

Member health services research section United States Public Health Service, 1964-1970, 82-84, chairman,1968-1970, 82-84. Member of New York State Health Planning Advisory Council, CarnegieCoun. on Children, 1972-1977. Chairman panel health science research, commission on national needs for biomedical and behavioral research per.

National Research Council, 1975-1978. Member board United States Committee on United Nations International Children’s Emergency Fund, 1981-1987. Member Governor's Council on Graduate Medical Education, New York State, 1989-1993.

Achievements

• Robert Johns Haggerty has been listed as a noteworthy Physician, educator by Marquis Who's Who.

Works

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• book

  • Ambulatory Pediatrics III

    (Book by Morris Green, Robert J. Haggerty)

  • Pediatrics in Review Volume Twenty-Three 23
  • Ambulatory Pediatrics II

Membership

Member visiting committee Graduate School Education, Harvard University, 1982-1988. Board directors Grantmakers in Health, 1985-1989. Board overseers, social science department, Tufts U., 1990-1994.

Board visitors U. Oklahoma School Public Health, 1991-1994. Captain United States Air Force, 1951-1953. Member Association Medical School Pediatric Department Chairmen (president 1969-1970), American Association Poison Control Centers (president 1962-1964), American Academy Pediatrics (vice president, president 1983-1985, Grulee award 1981, Dale Richmond award 1981, Aldrich award 1986, Job Smith award 1987, Abraham Jacobi award 1996), American Pediatric Society (Joseph St. Geme award 1989, John Howland award 1998), Ambulatory Pediatric Association (chairman 1963-1964, George Armstrong award 1969), Association American Medical Colls., International Epidemiological Association, Society PediatricResearch (vice president 1970-1971), Institute Medicine (council 1974-1977, chairman com.on prevention of mental illness 1992-1993, chairman steering committee national study quality assurance programs 1975-1976, Gustave Lienhard award 1989), Primary Care Achievement award PEW Foundation Health Professions Comn., 1994, New York Academy of Medicine (trustee, secretary 1989-1992), British Paediatric Society (honorary), American Health Federation (trustee 1989-1992), Alliance for Health Care for All (trustee 1991-1994), Phi Beta Kappa, Alpha Omega Alpha.

Connections

Married Muriel Ethel Protzmann, Oct.29, 1949. Children: Robert, Janet, Richard, John.

Father:

Gordon Abbott Haggerty

Mother:

Nina (Johns) Haggerty

Spouse:

Muriel Ethel Protzmann

child:

Robert Haggerty

child:

Janet Haggerty

child:

Richard Haggerty

child:

John Haggerty