PUFFER, Dr. Ruth Rice^[1]

1907 - 2002  (95 years)

• Name	PUFFER, Ruth Rice
  Prefix	Dr.
  Birth	20 Aug 1907	Berlin, MA   [1, 2]
  Gender	Female
  Birth	31 Aug 1907	Berlin, MA   [2]
  FindaGrave	FindAGrave Memorial 82455612
  Residence	1946	Nashville, TN   [3]
  _COLOR	11
  Death	2 Sep 2002	McMinnville, OR   [2, 4]
  Burial	Berlin, MA
  	Address: South Berlin Cemetery
  Person ID	I35305	Puffer 062124
  Last Modified	19 Jul 2024

  
  

  Father	PUFFER, Rev. Joseph Adams,   b. CA 1872, ME d. 29 Jul 1958, Berlin, MA (Age 86 years)
  Mother	RICE, Emily Hope,   b. 5 Jan 1874, Berlin, MA d. 17 Nov 1962, Washington, DC (Age 88 years)
  Marriage	1 Oct 1903	Boston, MA   [1, 5]
  Residence	1950	Berlin, MA   [6]
  Family ID	F10808	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

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• Notes

  She received a doctor of public health degree from Harvard University in 1943. She was a biostatistician and public health professional. She began her career in public health as Director of Statistical Services in the Department of Public Health for the state of Tennessee. Between 1953-1970, Dr. Puffer served as Chief of the Department of Health Statistics of the Pan American Health Organization, where she was the prime mover behind the Inter-American Investigation of Childhood Mortality that PAHO. During that period she conducted two important research studies: Patterns of Urban Mortality (1967) and Patterns of Morality in Childhood (1973). Today, both studies are still considered path-breaking classics of scientific literature and have had an undeniable impact on health services throughout the hemisphere.

  
  

• Sources

  [S2] Descendants of George Puffer of Braintree, Massachusetts 1639-2020, Red Letter Edition, 325. [S740] _Newspaper Announcement, Corvallis Gazette-Times, Corvallis, Oregon, Wednesday, September 04, 2002, page 3. [S740] _Newspaper Announcement, Nashville Banner, Nashville, TN, 3 Oct 1946 page 8. [S331] Oregon Death Index, 1898-2008. [S638] Early Pleasant River Families of Washington County, Maine, page 478. [S1403] _1950 United States Federal Census.