PUFFER, Dr. Ruth Rice

Puffer Genealogy

1907 - 2002 (95 years)

Generation: 1

PUFFER, Dr. Ruth Rice was born on 20 Aug 1907 in Berlin, MA; died on 2 Sep 2002 in McMinnville, OR; was buried in Berlin, MA.

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Residence: 1946, Nashville, TN

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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.

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