Armstrong – Table of Contents

last subject of interest was the study of the relationship of season and climate to the
yearly prevalence of poliomyelitis (3).
The American Public Health Association (APHA)(1 A) is the oldest and largest
organization of public health professionals in the world currently representing more than
50,000 members from over 50 occupations of public health. It brings together
investigators, health service providers, administrators, teachers, and other health workers
in a multidisciplinary environment of professional exchange, study and action. The
APHA has been progressively and incrementally concerned, since its founding 125 years
ago, with a broad set of issues affecting personal and environmental health, including
federal and state funding for health programs, pollution control, programs relating to
chronic and infectious diseases, a smoke free society and professional education in public
health.
“The Sedgwick Memorial Medal (1 B), established in honor of the late Professor
William Thompson Sedgwick, was awarded by the American Public Health Association
since 1929 for distinguished service and advancement of public health knowledge and
practice. Professor Sedgwick was President of APHA in 1915 and Head of the
Department of Biological and Public Health at Massachusetts Institute of Technology
from 1883 to 1921. The Sedgwick award, one of the highest honors bestowed by APHA,
is a true accolade of the profession – the recognition by an individual’s colleagues of
outstanding accomplishments in the field of public health.” The award consists of a
symbolic medallion and a custom designed certificate and is usually presented at the
Annual Meeting and Exposition of the APHA. Members of the constituent sections of the
APHA are encouraged to submit nominations of individuals as candidates for the