Kenneth F. Maxcy

Kenneth F. Maxcy (1888–1966) 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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  1. 1 2 3 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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