Kenneth F. Maxcy
Kenneth F. Maxcy (July 27, 1889 – December 12, 1966) was an American virologist. He was a Professor of epidemiology at Johns Hopkins School of Public Health and Chair of the Department of Epidemiology from 1938 until 1954. He was an authority on rickettsial diseases and typhus.[1]
In 1952, Maxcy chaired the committee of the National Resource Council that recommended the fluoridation of drinking water. He later served nine years as director of the Rockefeller Institute's International Health Division.[1] He received the Sedgewick Memorial Medal in 1952, the highest honor of the American Public Health Association.[1]
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- ^ Jump up to: a b c R. MAXCY, AUTHORITY ON VIRUSES, DIES: Educator And Scientist Had Earned World Fame, Honors, The Sun [Baltimore] Dec 13 1966, P. C22.
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