Edward Settle Godfrey Jr. | |
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Commissioner of Health of the State of New York | |
In office April 21, 1936 [1] – May 1, 1947 [2] | |
Governor | |
Preceded by | Thomas Parran |
Succeeded by | Herman E. Hilleboe |
Personal details | |
Born | 1878 |
Died | December 13, 1960 |
Profession | physician |
Edward Settle Godfrey Jr. (1878–December 13, 1960), son of Edward Settle Godfrey, was a physician and epidemiologist, the founder of the first epidemiological society in the United States. [3] He studied the epidemiology of diphtheria and tuberculosis. [4] From April 21, 1936 [1] until he retired on May 1, 1947, [2] he was the New York State Commissioner of Health.