HISTORYThe Johns Hopkins
Bloomberg School of Public Health was founded in 1918 and included the
Department of Biometry and Vital Statistics, a precursor to the
Biostatistics Department of today. This was the first academic department
of statistical science in the world. Below are the names of
people who played a key role in our department's
development: Raymond
Pearl (Chair: 1919-1926)
Lowell Reed (Chair:
1926-1948)
Margaret
Merrell (Faculty Member: 1925-1959)
William Cochran (Chair:
1948-1958)
Paul
Meier (Faculty Member: 1952-1957)
Jerome Cornfield (Chair:
1958-1960)
David
Duncan (Faculty Member: 1960-1984)
Allyn
Kimball (Faculty Member: 1960-1984; Chair: 1960-1966)
Helen Abbey (Faculty Member:
1951-2001) Department of
Biostatistics, 1936-37
Left to right, standing:
Unknown, Morton Kramer, Paul Densen, unknown, Ed Crosby, Margaret
Palmer
Left to right, seated: Velma Scruton, Lowell Reed, Margaret
Merrell
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