Kenneth F. Maxcy
Kenneth F. Maxcy (1888–1966) was an American virologist. He was a professor of epidemiology at Johns Hopkins University and 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]