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

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liu ‘i. Robert H. Hamlin Head of the Department of Public Health Practice PUBLIC HEALTH PRACTICE 11

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mVIRONMENTAL HEALTH AND NUTRITION For which the School is indebted to numerous individuals, corpora¬ tions, foundations and the government, all of whom have provided facilities and funds to support the departments housed here: Indus¬ trial Hygiene, Nutrition, Physiology and Sanitary Engineering. X-SIXTY-FIVE HUNTINGTON A VENUE

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M y major activity and interest for the future are to see the Department of Public Health Practice fulfill its responsibilities realistically and broadly to its students and to world society by its search for and dissemination of knowledge. It is people—staff and students—that really make a department what it is; they are by far the most important determinants of its interests. And among my interests for future major activities of the Department of Public Health Practice are the following: • A better understanding of sociocultural factors in health and disease and in the administrative process. • More insight into methods for influencing the quantity and quality of personal health services available to people throughout the world. • Greater comprehension of the process of economic development and the particular role played by investments in health programs. • Increased understanding of the influence of organizational and administrative struc¬ ture on health programs through the comparative study of different organizations with similar objectives. • And last, but far from least, better curriculum and teaching programs for our stu¬ dents so that we can assist them most effectively in becoming leaders in public health and related professions. Robert Henry Hamlin Head of Department Left to right —Sydney Croog, Beryl Magee, Roy Penchansky, Sol Levine, Norman Scotch, Peggy Salmon, Robert Hamlin, Marjorie Young, Katherine Fitzpatrick. 15