Dr. Edward Settle Godfrey, Jr.

Epidemiology: May 2008 - Volume 19 - Issue 3 - p 518 doi: 10.1097/EDE.0b013e31816b786d Vignette Edward S. Godfrey, Jr., Founder of the First US Epidemiologic Society Winkelstein, Warren

Free Access In 1927, there was no professional society for US epidemiologists. Inspired by the London Epidemiological Society (established in 1850), Edward S. Godfrey, Jr. and Haven Emerson invited 17 public health professionals to a meeting in New York City for the purpose of founding a new society. With the stated purpose of promoting “the study and discussion of epidemiological problems,” this group became the American Epidemiological Society, now in its 82nd year. Godfrey's father was a cavalry officer in the Indian Wars, credited in 1876 with rescuing the remnants of Custer's Seventh Cavalry after the massacre at Little Bighorn. Edward Jr. was born 2 years later. His mother died when he was five, and his father took Godfrey on postings from Cuba to the Philippines until sending him, at the age of 8, to be raised by an aunt in Ohio.Godfrey enrolled at West Point but left to study medicine at the University of Virginia. He developed tuberculosis during his postgraduate training, and moved to the drier climate of the US southwest, where he took a job in Bisbee, Arizona as physician for the Copper Queen Mining Company. His observations of the miserable living and working conditions for miners may have contributed to his broader interest in public health. At age 30 he was appointed Superintendent of Public Health for the Territory of Arizona.Godfrey joined the New York State Health Department in 1917, becoming Director of Communicable Disease Control and later its Commissioner. Godfrey regarded epidemiology as “… the scientific basis for sound health legislation and administration.” An example is his classic paper on herd immunity in the control of diphtheria. Drawing on extensive data from communities in upstate New York, Godfrey showed that immunizing 50% or more of children 5–19 years of age did not control epidemic diphtheria, but that immunizing 30% of children under 5 was enough to stop the epidemic. Godfrey was a founder of the Epidemiology Section of the American Public Health Association, and eventually became president of APHA. He was a recipient of the Sedgwick Memorial Award in 1950. A profile published in the American Journal of Public Health cited his “healthy skepticism” as key to his excellence as an epidemiologist.3 Godfrey died on 13 December 1960 at the age of 82. http://journals.lww.com/epidem/Fulltext/2008/05000/Edward_S__Godfre...

1900 United States Federal Census about Edward S Godfery Jr Name: Edward S Godfrey Jr [Edward S Godfery] Age: 21 Birth Date: Aug 1878 Birthplace: North Dakota Home in 1900: Charlottesville, Albemarle, Virginia Race: White Gender: Male Marital Status: Single Father's Birthplace: Ohio Mother's Birthplace: Ohio Occupation: View on Image Neighbors: View others on page Household Members: Name Age Francis H Smith 70 Mary S Smith 67 Mary S Smith 31 Henry G Mccall 19 Luke M White 22 Charles S Brent 19 William A Shilby 22 Marion Estes Cocke 24 Edward S Godfery 21 Edgar H Fulton 18

1910 United States Federal Census about Edward S Godfrey Jr. Name: Edward S Godfrey Jr. Age in 1910: 31 Birth Year: abt 1879 Birthplace: North Dakota Home in 1910: Osborn, Maricopa, Arizona Race: Mulatto Gender: Male Relation to Head of House: Son Marital Status: Single Father's Name: Edward S Godfrey Father's Birthplace: Ohio Mother's name: Ida E Godfrey Mother's Birthplace: Ohio Neighbors: View others on page Household Members: Name Age Edward S Godfrey 66 Ida E Godfrey 54 Robert Hawkins 56 Emma Hawkins 51 Edward S Godfrey Jr. 31

U.S., World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918 about Edward Settle Godfrey Jr. Name: Edward Settle Godfrey Jr. City: Albany County: Albany State: New York Birth Date: 16 Aug 1878 Race: White Draft Board: 3 Age:

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U.S. Passport Applications, 1795-1925 about Edward S Godfrey Jr Name: Edward S Godfrey Jr Birth Date: 16 Aug 1878 Birth Place: Ft Yates, North Dakota Age: 40 Passport Issue Date: 26 Sep 1918 Passport Includes a Photo: Yes Residence: Albany, New York Father Name: Edward S Godfrey Father's Birth Location: Kalida, Ohio Father's Residence: Cookstown, New Jersey

New York, State Census, 1925 about Edward S Godfrey Jr Name: Edward S Godfrey Jr Birth Date: abt 1879 Birth Place: United States Age: 46 Gender: Male Residence Place: Albany Ward 18, Albany Relationship: Head Color or Race: White Number of Years in US: 46 Assembly District: 01 House Number: 142 Line Number: 31 Page Number: 9 Household Members: Name Age Edward S Godfrey 46 Alma M D Godfrey 36 Edward S Godfrey 11 Mcdonald Godfrey 01

1930 United States Federal Census about Edward S Godfrey Name: Edward S Godfrey Gender: Male Birth Year: abt 1873 Birthplace: North Dakota Race: White Home in 1930: Albany, Albany, New York Map of Home: View map Marital Status: Married Relation to Head of House: Head Spouse's Name: Alma Godfrey Father's Birthplace: Ohio Mother's Birthplace: Illinois Occupation:

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1940 United States Federal Census about Edward S Godfrey Senior Name: Edward S Godfrey Senior Age: 61 Estimated birth year: abt 1879 Gender: Male Race: White Birthplace: North Dakota Marital Status: Married Relation to Head of House: Head Home in 1940: Albany, Albany, New York Map of Home in 1940: View map Street: Lenox Avenue House Number: 235 Farm: No Inferred Residence in 1935: Albany, Albany, New York Residence in 1935: Same Place Sheet Number: 64A Number of Household in Order of Visitation: 122 Occupation: Superintendent House Owned or Rented: Owned Value of Home or Monthly Rental if Rented: 14000 Attended School or College: No Highest Grade Completed: College, 5th or subsequent year Hours Worked Week Prior to Census: 50 Class of Worker: Wage or salary worker in Government work Weeks Worked in 1939: 52 Income: 5000 Income Other Sources: Yes Neighbors: View others on page Household Members: Name Age Edward S Godfrey 61 Elma Godfrey 51 Mcdonald Godfrey 15