Harvard School of Public Health - Yearbook (Cambridge, MA)

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T HE principal objective of the Sanitary Engineering Department is to present the engineering aspect of this area of the health sciences to those oriented toward the biological aspects. The courses are not intended to make engineers out of physicians but merely to acquaint them with all ramifications of the problems so that better co¬ operation may be achieved. It is ridiculous, for instance, for a public health physician to insist on an excessive standard of purity which is, from the engineering viewpoint, uneconomical, or frankly impossible. Besides the broad principles related to water supply and purification, sewerage and sewage treatment, refuse collection and disposal and food, milk, and shellfish sanitation, many other pearls of wisdom (of more immediate interest) were acquired, such as: why oysters can only be eaten in the R” months, how to pick out a fresh lobster in a restaurant, and that Hood Milk Company products are delicious. Probably the memories of Sanitary Engineering lb will include the polish and humor of Prof. Fair’s lectures, the differential equations of Dr. Thomas and the concern of Dr. Bradley for better trained sanitarians. Certainly this course must have the recommendation that it dealt in concrete facts during a period in the curriculum when abstract concepts abounded elsewhere. 29

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Dr. Gordon M. Fair, Dr. Harold A. Thomas. DEPARTMENT OF SANITARY ENGINEERING Gordon M. Fair, S.B., S.M. (hon.), Dr. Eng. (hon.), Abbott and James Lawrence Professor of Engineering , Gordon McKay Professor of Sanitary Enginering and Head of the Department Harold A. Thomas, Jr., S.D., Gordon McKay Professor of Civil and Sanitary En¬ gineering J. Carrell Morris, S.B., Ph.D., Gordon McKay Professor of Sanitary Chemistry Ralph E. Wheeler, A.B., M.D., Dr.P.H., Lecturer on Sanitary Biology Leon A. Bradley, S.B., Ph.D., Lecturer on Sanitary Engineering Wilfred B. Krabek, S.M., Instructor in Sanitary Biology 28

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Standing, left to right —Edward H. Michelson, Edwin Lee Child, Marenes R. Tripp, Rafael Mat hens Pinto, Eli Chernin, Chia-tung Pan. Seated —Franklin A. Neva, Miss Margaret Mahoney, Thomas H. Weller, Donald L. Augustine, Guru P. Sen Gupta. DEPARTMENT OF TROPICAL PUBLIC HEALTH Thomas H. Weller, A.B., S.M., M.D., LL.D., Richard Pearson Strong Professor of Tropical Public Health and Head of the Department George C. Shattuck, A.B., M.D., A.M. (hon.), Clinical Professor of Tropical Medi¬ cine, Emeritus Donald L. Augustine, S.B., S.D., S.D. (hon.), A.M. (hon.), Professor of Tropical Public Health Franklin A. Neva, S.B., M.D., Associate Professor of Tropical P tblic Health Eli Chernin, S.B., A.M., S.D., Assistant Professor of Tropical Public Health Chia-tung Pan, B.Sc., M.D., M.P.H., Instructor in Tropical Public Health Edward H. Michelson, S.M., Ph.D., Instructor in Tropical Public Health James B. Hanshaw, A.B., M.D., Research Fellow in Tropical Public Health Marenes R. Tripp, A.B., S.M., Ph.D., Research Fellow in Tropical Public Health STUDENTS MAJORING IN TROPICAL PUBLIC HEALTH Dr. Edwin Child, Dr. Rafael A. Matheus-Pinto, Dr. Guru Prasad San Gupta. 30