Bailey Barton Burritt (31 May 1878 in

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BURRITT, Bailey Barton
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'' (1926 edition); p. 386 – 18 June 1954) was a United States public health and social welfare advocate known as "the father of the family health movement." He was the chairman of the executive council of the Community Service Society.

Biography

He graduated from the

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in 1902 and

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in 1903. He married Ruth Hogarth Dennis (1879–1960) on May 18, 1909.

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1878 births 1954 deaths University of Rochester alumni Columbia University alumni American public health doctors {{US-physician-stub