- William H. Welch
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footnotes = William Henry Welch (April 8 ,1850 -April 30 ,1934 ) was an American physician and medical school administrator. He was first dean of the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine.Biography
Born in
Norfolk, Connecticut , Welch was educated atNorfolk Academy and theWinchester Institute . He entered Yale College in 1866, where he studied Greek and classics. As an undergraduate, he joined theSkull and Bones honorary fraternity.In 1912 upon its creation Welch was appointed to the Board of Scientific Directors of the preexisting
Eugenic Records Office . This organization attempted to find the hereditary connection for "feeble-minded" individuals between generations; with the understanding they could eradicate these and other undesirables through isolation, sterilization and euthanasia. The ERO had contributors such as the Rockefeller Foundation and the Harriman family.From 1901 to 1933 he was founding president of the Board of Scientific Directors at the
Rockefeller Institute for Medical Research . He was an instrumental reformer of medical education in the United States as well as a president of the National Academy of Sciences from 1913-1917. He was also president of theAmerican Medical Association in addition to other prestigious associations. He was a founding editor of the "Journal of Experimental Medicine ".References
* [http://www.medicalarchives.jhmi.edu/welch/chronology.htm Chronology of the Life of William Henry Welch]
*cite web | url=http://www.bizbag.com/mencken/menktale.htm | author=H.L. Mencken | title=Moral TaleFurther reading
*cite book|last=Barry|first=John M.|authorlink=John M. Barry|title=The Great Influenza: The Epic Story of the Greatest Plague in History|publisher=Viking Penguin|year=2004|isbn=0-670-89473-7|series= (This book covers a great deal of Welch's life as well as other medical people of the era.)
*Edwin Black, (2003). "War Against the Weak: Eugenics and America's Campaign To Create A Master Race". Thunder's Mouth Press. ISBN 1-56858-321-4. (This book discusses eugenics in America along with those who researched the "science.")ee also
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William H. Welch House
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