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March 2004, Vol 94, No. 3 | American Journal of Public Health 370-371
© 2004 American Public Health Association

VOICES FROM THE PAST

Mayhew Derryberry: Pioneer of Health Education

John P. Allegrante, PhD, David A. Sleet, PhD and J. Michael McGinnis, MD

John P. Allegrante is with Teachers College and the Mailman School of Public Health, Columbia University, and the National Center for Health Education, New York, NY. David A. Sleet is with the National Center for Injury Prevention and Control at the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Ga. J. Michael McGinnis is with The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, Princeton, NJ.

Correspondence: Requests for reprints should be sent to John P. Allegrante, PhD, Department of Health and Behavior Studies, Teachers College, Columbia University, 525 W 120th St, Box 114, New York, NY 10027 (e-mail: jpa1@columbia.edu).

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IN THE PANTHEON OF HEALTH education, Mayhew Derryberry stands out as a leader of uncommon vision and uncommon action. As the first chief of health education in the federal government, Derryberry catalyzed the nation’s earliest efforts in heath promotion and disease prevention. He was born December 25, 1902, in Columbia, Tenn. Although little is known about his early life, we know that he was eager to make something of himself, starting when he enrolled at the University of Tennessee, earning a baccalaureate degree with majors in chemistry and mathematics in 1925.1

Derryberry began his career in 1926 with the American . . . [Full Text]






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