Background
Puffer, Ruth Rice was born on August 31, 1907 in Berlin, Massachusetts, United States. Daughter of J. Adams and Emily Hope (Rice) Puffer.
Puffer, Ruth Rice was born on August 31, 1907 in Berlin, Massachusetts, United States. Daughter of J. Adams and Emily Hope (Rice) Puffer.
Bachelor, Smith College, 1929; Doctor of Science (honorary), Smith College, 1970; postgraduate, Johns Hopkins University, 1937-1938; Department of Public Health, Harvard University, 1943.
Director statistical services, Tennessee Department Public Health, Nashville, 1933-1953; chief department health statistics, Pan American Health Organisation, regional office World Health Organization, Washington, 1953-1970; consultant, Pan American Health Organisation, regional office World Health Organization, Washington, since 1970. Consultant unites states department State, New Delhi, India, 1981, 85, Jakarta, Indonesia, 1983.
Fellow American Public Health Association (vice president 1950), American Statistical Association. Member Delta Omega.