William Thompson Sedgwick - Harvard-Technology School of Public Health

Harvard-Technology School of Public Health

Sedgwick’s courses at MIT and his influence on civil engineering students there can be considered the first instructions in the field of public health. However, he and two colleagues felt that a more formal academic structure was needed. In 1913, he joined with George C. Whipple and Milton J. Rosenau to establish the Harvard-Technology School of Public Health. This was the first formal academic program designed to train public health professionals. The joint program lasted until 1922 when Harvard decided to open up its own School of Public Health.

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