* EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE
W.S. Rankin, M. D., Raleigh, N. C., President
A. W. Hedrich, Boston, Massachusetts, Secretary
G. H. Sumner, M. D., Des Moines, Iowa, Treasurer
Peter H. Bryce, M. D., Ottawa, Ont.
Chas. J. Hastings, M. D., Toronto, Ont.
W. A. Evans, M. D., Chicago, Ill.
A. J. McLaughlin, M. D., Washington, D. C.
Lee K. Frankel, Ph. D., New York City
M. P. Ravenel, M. D., Columbia, Mo.

VICE-PRESIDENTS

A. J. Douglas, M. D., Winnipeg, Man.
S. L. Jepson, M. D., Charleston, W. Va.
W. H. Robin, M. D., New Orleans, La.

BOARD OF DIRECTORS 1919-1920
C. J. McGurren, M. D., Devil’s Lake, N. D.
John B. Anderson, M. D., Seattle, Wash.
W. iH. Kellogg, M.D., Sacramento, Cal.
B. L. Arms, M. D., Jacksonville, Florida
P. M. Hall, M. D., Minneapolis, Minn.
L. A. Galaretta, M. D., Havana, Cuba
S. J. Crumbine, M. D., Topeka, Kan.

E. R. Kelley, M. D., Boston, Mass.

M. S. Fraser, M. D., Winnipeg, Man.
M. M. Seymour, M. D., Regina, Sask.

 

A. J. McLaughlin, M. D., Washington, D. C.
G. H. Sumner, M. D., Des Moines, Iowa
Oscar Dowling, M. D., New Orleans, La.

J. T. Black, M. D., New London, Conn.
F. L. Hoffman, LL. D., Newark, N. J.

 

 

THE AMERICAN
‘PUBLIC HEALTH
ASSOCIA TION

 

W. S. RANKIN, M. D., PRESIDENT

STATE HEALTH OFFICER, RALEIGH,N.C.

June 4, 1920

Dr. Lee K. Frankel,
Metropolitan Life Ins. Co.,
1 Madison Avenue,

New York City.

Dear Dr. Frankel

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Industrial Hygiene, J. W. Schereschewsky, M. D., Wash., D.C.

 

Haven Emerson, M. D., New York City
M. P. Ravenel, M. D., Columbia, Mo.
J. A. Kappelman, M. D., Canton, O.
J. D. Robertson, M. D., Chicago, Ill.
Henry F. Vaughan, D. P. H., Detroit, Mich.
PAST PRESIDENTS ON DIRECTORATE
Stephen Smith, M. D., New York City
Henry B. Baker, M. D., Holland, Mich.
Frederick Montizambert, M. D., Ottawa, Ont.
Samuel Durgin, M. D., Millbrook, Massachusetts
Eduardo Liceaga, M. D., Mexico City, Mex.
Peter H. Bryce, M. D., Ottawa, Ontario
Richard H. Lewis, M. D., Raleigh, N. C.
Gardner T. Swarts, M. D., Providence, R. I.
Charles O. Probst, M. D., Columbus, Ohio
Robert M. Simpson, M. D., Winnipeg, Man.
John N. Hurty, M. D., Indianapolis, Ind.
Rudolph Hering, D. Sc., Montclair, N. J.
William C. Woodward, M. D., Boston, Mass.
William T. Sedgwick, D. Sc., Cambridge, Mass.
John F. Anderson, M. D., New Brunswick, N. J.
W. A. Evans, M. D., Chicago, Illinois
Chas. J. Hastings, M. D., Toronto, Ont.
Lee K. Frankel, Ph. D., New York City

SECTION REPRESENTATIVES ©. .
Laboratory, G. W. McCoy, M. D., Washington, D.C.
Vital Statistics, Louis I. Dublin, Ph. D., New York City
Public Health Admin., T. D. Tuttle, M. D., Topeka, Kan.
Sociological, Louis I. Harris, M. D., New York City
Sanitary Engineering, E. D. Rich, Lansing, Michigan

Food and Drugs, Prof. James O. Jordan, Boston, Mass.

 

 

 

I wish to acknowledge with very deep appreciation

your letter of June end,

stating that the Metropalitan Life

Insurance Company is prepared to finance a study of the activ-
ities of various health departments throughout the country

to the extent of a maximum of. $5,900,
desire of your company that this study be made under the au-
spices of the American Public Health Association, and throubh

@ special committee to be appointed by the President.

and that it is

the

In an-

ticipation of this action by your company I have been author-
ized by the Executive Committee to appoint such a committee
as you suggest in the event that the appropriation for the

aforesaid purpose be made.

I am notifying the Secretary of the Association of
the appointment of the following committee:

Prof. C.-E. A. Winslow,
School of Medicine,
Yale University,

New Haven, Conn.

Dr. Chas. V. Chapin,
Superintendent of Health,
Providence, R. I,

Dr. Louis I, Dublin, Statistician,
Metropolitan Life Ins. Co.,
New York City

Dr: W. 8. Frost,

School of Hygiene & Public
Health, Johns Hopkins,
 .-Baltimore, Md.

with the request that he notify this committee of their appoint-
ment,

As President of the A. P. H. A. I wish to express
the official thanks of the Association for the isterest 6f

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the Metropolitan Life Insurance Company in this important
study, and for their generous appropriation in making the
study possible.

Very truly yours,

YESS rrnhen.

op President.

Copy ir. Hedrich.