DA Henderson Archive: Biographical

Biographical

Donald Ainslie Henderson (1928-2016)

Born: Lakewood, Ohio, 7 Sept 1928

Parents: Naturalized Canadian immigrants David Alexander Henderson (mechanical engineer) and Grace Eleanor (née MacMillan, nurse)
Married: Nana Irene (née Bragg, teacher) of Rochester NY, 1951
Children: Leigh Ainslie, David Alexander II (m. Kate Teale), Douglas Bruce

Education

BA, Oberlin College, 1950
MD, University of Rochester School of Medicine, 1954
MPH, The Johns Hopkins University School of Hygiene and Public Health, 1960

Certification

Board Certification in Public Health and Preventive Medicine

Biographical Listings

Who’s Who in the World
The International Who’s Who
Who’s Who in America
Who’s Who in Frontiers of Science and Technology
American Men and Women in Science: Medical and Health Sciences
Dictionary of International Biography
Lexicon of Public Health

Positions Held

Date	Location	Position
1954 - 1955	Mary Imogene Bassett Hospital Cooperstown, New York	Intern in Medicine
1955 - 1977	U.S. Public Health Service	Commissioned Officer
1955 - 1957	Epidemic Intelligence Service (EIS) Assistant to Chief, Epidemiology Branch Communicable Disease Center (CDC) Department of Health, Education and Welfare Atlanta, Georgia	Chief
1957 - 1959	Mary Imogene Bassett Hospital Cooperstown, New York	Resident in Medicine
1960 - 1961	Epidemiology Branch and Chief, EIS, CDC	Assistant Chief
1961 - 1965	Surveillance Section, Epidemiology Branch, CDC	Chief
1965 - 1966	Smallpox Eradication Program, CDC	Chief
1966 - 1977	Smallpox Eradication Unit World Health Organization Geneva, Switzerland	Chief Medical Officer
1977 - 1990	The Johns Hopkins University School of Hygiene and Public Health Baltimore, Maryland	Dean and Professor of Epidemiology and International Health
1990 - 1993	The Johns Hopkins University School of Hygiene and Public Health Baltimore, Maryland	Edgar Berman Professor in International Health
1990 - 2016	Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health Baltimore, Maryland	Dean Emeritus
1991 - 1993	Office of Science and Technology Policy, Executive Office of the President Washington, DC	Associate Director for Life Sciences
1993 - 2016	Johns Hopkins University Baltimore, Maryland	University Distinguished Service Professor
1993 - 1995	Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) Washington, DC	Deputy Assistant Secretary for Health and Senior Science Advisor
1998 - 2001	Johns Hopkins Center for Civilian Biodefense Strategies* Baltimore, Maryland	Founding Director
2001 - 2002	Office of Public Health Emergency Preparedness Department of Health and Human Services Washington, DC	Director, Principal Science Advisor
2002 - 2007	Office of the Secretary of Health and Human Services Washington, DC	Principal Science Advisor for Public Health Preparedness
2005 - 2016	Center for Health Security,* U. of Pittsburgh Medical Center	Distinguished Scholar
2005 - 2016	U. of Pittsburgh Schools of Medicine and Public Health	21st Century Professor of Medicine and Public Health

* * In 2005, the Johns Hopkins Center for Civilian Biodefense Strategies became the University of Pittsburgh Center for Biosecurity. It was renamed the Center for Health Security in 2013, and in 2017 renewed its affiliation with Johns Hopkins.

Professional Activities

Committees and Boards

United States

Office of Science and Technology Policy, Executive Office of the President
- Advisory Committee on Science, Technology and Development, 1978-1979
- Task Force for Science and Technology in Foreign Assistance, Chairman, 1980
Surgeon General’s Advisory Committees
- Influenza, Secretary, 1961-1965
- Measles Vaccines, Secretary, 1963
- Immunization Practices, Secretary, 1964-1966
- Special Advisory Committee on Oral Poliomyelitis Vaccines, Secretary, Jul 17-18 1964
Government Accounting Office
- Research and Education Advisory Panel to the Comptroller-General, 1977-1986
- Advisory Board, Program Evaluation and Methodology Division, 1988-1991
U.S. Agency for International Development, Research Advisory Committee, 1983-1990
Department of Health and Human Services
- National Ethics Advisory Board, 1977-1980
- CDC Programs and Policy Advisory Committee, 1978-1980
- PHS Hospitals ad hoc Advisory Committee, 1978
- Secretary’s Committee on Influenza, Vice-Chairman, 1979
- Immunization Practices Advisory Committee, CDC, 1982-1986
- National Vaccine Advisory Committee, 1988-1989
  - Chairman, 1990
- Secretary’s Council on Health Promotion and Disease Prevention, 1989-1990
- National Advisory Committee on Public Health Preparedness, Chair, 2002-2005
Department of State, Advisory Committee on Oceans, Environmental and Scientific Affairs, 1988-1990
Department of Defense
- Biological Warfare Defense Panel, Member, 1999-2000
- Defense Threat Reduction Agency, Advisory Committee, 2000-2009
National Research Council, National Academy of Sciences
- Institute of Medicine
  - Steering Committee for Study on Clinical Investigations in Developing Countries, 1978-1980
  - Advisory Committee on Health, Biomedical Research and Development, Chairman, 1981-1983
  - Steering Committee, Study of Tropical Diseases, 1984-1987
  - Committee on the Evaluation of Poliomyelitis Vaccine, 1987-1988
  - Board on International Health, 1988-1991
- National Research Council
  - Board on Science and Technology in International Development, 1981-1983
  - Committee on Research Grants, 1982-1983
  - Report Review Committee, 1998-2004
  - International Advisory Board, 1998-2004
  - Committee to Review Safety Measures and Risk (for new installation at Fort Detrick, Maryland), 2010
Association of Schools of Public Health
- Treasurer, 1978
- Vice-President, 1981-1982 and 1987-1988
- President, 1988-1990
Association of Academic Health Centers, Task Force on Health Promotion/Disease Prevention, 1989-1991
American Public Health Association
- Committee on Hepatitis, Chairman, 1961-1965
- Multiple Antigen Committee, 1964-1966
- Epidemiology Section Council, 1965-1967
American Journal of Epidemiology, Board of Overseers
- Associate Editor, 1965-1977
- Chairman, 1984-1990
AIDS Patient Care, Editorial Advisory Panel, 1987-1991
Journal of Disaster Medicine and Public Health Preparedness, Associate Board, 2007-2016
Journal of Biosecurity and Bioterrorism, Associate Editor, 2003-2010; Co-Editor, 2010-2015
Mayor’s Task Force on Environmental Carcinogens (Baltimore), Chairman, 1977-1978
Maryland Society for Medical Research, Inc., Board of Directors, 1978-1991
Mary Imogene Bassett Hospital
- Medical Alumni Association, Board of Directors, 1989-1991
- Board of Trustees and Chairman of Research Committee, 1995-2001
City University of New York Medical School, National Visiting Committee, 1986-1989
United Fresh Fruit and Vegetable Association, Scientific Advisory Panel, 1988-1989
Charles A. Dana Foundation Awards Jury, 1990-1996
Center for Urban Epidemiologic Studies, New York Academy of Medicine, Advisory Board, 1996-2001
Edna McConnell Clark Foundation, Tropical Disease Research Program, Advisory Board, 1997-1999
American Council for Science and Health, Board of Directors, 2006-2010

International

World Health Organization
- Special Committee on Measles Vaccine, Consultant, 1963
- Scientific Group on Human Virus Vaccines, Member, 1965
- Expert Advisory Panel on Virus Diseases, 1977-2001
- Global Commission for the Certification of Smallpox Eradication, 1978-1980
- Program Advisory Group for the Prevention of Blindness, 1978-1982
- Program for Research and Training in Tropical Diseases, Scientific and Technological Advisory Committee, 1982-1984
- Caribbean Epidemiology Center, Scientific Advisory Committee, 1980-1983
- Pan-American Health Organization Technical Advisory Group on Vaccines and Immunization, Chairman, 1985-2004
- Consultative Group on Poliomyelitis Eradication, Chairman, 1988-1992
- Committee on Orthopoxvirus Infections, 1981-1994
- Scientific Advisory Group of Experts, Children’s Vaccine Initiative and Global Program of Vaccination, 1994-1996
- WHO International Health Regulations, Roster of Experts, 2008-2016
India
- Indian Institute of Health Management Research, Board of Trustees, 1985-1990
- International Center for Diarrheal Disease Research (Dhaka), Board of Trustees, 1988-1990
Republic of China
- Scientific and Technical Advisory Group to Premier and Executive Yuan, 1994-1999
Thailand
- Prince Mahidol Awards Foundation, International Awards Committee, 1997-2010
International Association for Maternal and Neonatal Health, Scientific Council, 1981-1990
Population Crisis Committee, Board of Directors, 1981-1991
Rotary Foundation of Rotary International, Polio Plus Advisory Committee, 1985-1990
One Health Initiative, Honorary Advisory Board, 2013-2016

Not listed: Johns Hopkins University and School Committees, 1977-1990, while serving as Dean of the School; Government Committees, 1991-1995, while serving in the Executive Office of the President and as Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services,

Professional Societies

United States

American Academy of Arts and Sciences, Fellow, 1986
American Academy of Pediatrics, Honorary Fellow, 1980
American Board of Preventive Medicine, 1963
American College of Epidemiology, Fellow, 1990; Honorary Fellow, 1997
American College of Preventive Medicine, Fellow, 1978
American Epidemiological Society, 1963
American Public Health Association, 1956; Fellow, 1961
American Society for Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, 1981
Delta Omega Honorary Public Health Society, Member, 1979
Infectious Disease Society of America, Fellow, 1998
Institute of Medicine, National Academy of Sciences, Member, 1978
International Epidemiological Association, 1965
National Academy of Sciences, Member, 1978
New York Academy of Medicine, Honorary Fellow, 2000
New York Academy of Sciences: Member, 1978
Sigma Xi, Alpha Chapter, Member, 1956

International

British Medical Association, Honorary Foreign Corresponding Member, 1990
Indian Society for Malaria and Other Communicable Diseases, Fellow, 1975
La Academia Nacional de Medicina de México: Socio Honorario, 2004
Royal College of Physicians (Edinburgh), Fellow, 1986
Royal College of Physicians (London), Fellow, 1980; Honorary Fellow, 1981
Royal Society of Medicine, Honorary Member, 1980
Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, Fellow, 1976; Honorary Fellow, 1993

Interviews

Year	Title	Authors	Event/Notes	Journal	URL
1975	[Feature story]			People 1975 Dec 8	No archival copy
1977	An interview with the new Dean of the School of Public Health and Hygiene, Donald Henderson			Johns Hopkins Magazine 1977 (Sep):10-18	DAH: Chesney Med Arch
1980	An exclusive profile/interview of Dr Donald A Henderson, dean of the Johns Hopkins University School of Public Health	Taylor B		Md State Med J 1980 29(3): 35-45	DAH: Chesney Med Arch
1986	Victory over smallpox: Interview with Donald A Henderson			Popul Rep L 1986 Mar-Apr (5): L172-173	DAH: Chesney Med Arch
1987	Smallpox eradication: a WHO success story			World Health Forum 1987 8(3): 283-292	WHO: 10665/49813
1991	The wizard of public health	Hendricks M		Johns Hopkins Magazine 1991 Feb:15-23	DAH: Chesney Med Arch
1991	Germ warfare	Rhodes R	Based on interviews with DA Henderson and Ciro de Quadros	Rolling Stone 1991 Oct 31: 43-44 ff	DAH: Chesney Med Arch Journal archives: subscribers only
2002	Bioweapons preparedness chief discusses priorities in world of 21st-century biology	Voelker R		JAMA 2002 287(5): 573-575	DOI: 10.1001/jama.287.5.573
2002	At home with DA Henderson	Perrone DJ		Style 2002 Sep-Oct: 56 ff
2003	DA Henderson: Acting globally, thinking locally			Mol Interv 2003 3(5): 242-247	DOI: 10.1001/jama.287.5.573
2004	A magnificent obsession	Mackenzie D		New Scientist 2004 13 Mar	DAH: Chesney Med Arch Journal archives: subscribers only
2005	A conversation with DA Henderson	Samet JM	Interviewed 26 Jun 2004	Epidemiology 2005 16(2):266-9	DOI: 10.1097/01.ede.0000152117.09709.78
2008	Interview with DA Henderson,	O'Grady P	Interviewed July 12 2008	Global Health Chronicles, David J Sencer CDC Museum, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta GA	GHC: Video DAH: Transcript, Chesney Med Arch
2008	Smallpox: dispelling the myths			Bull WHO 2008 86(12): 917-919	PMCID: PMC2649583
2009	Smallpox: The Death of a Disease		Book publication: excerpt and brief interview	American Medical News 2009 Aug 17	DAH: Chesney Med Arch
2010	Smallpox eradication and Brazil: An interview with Donald A Henderson	Hochman G, Palmer S		Hist Cienc Saude Manguinhos 2010 17(3): 759-75	DOI: 10.1590/s0104-59702010000300011
2013	Lessons from the eradication of smallpox: An interview with D.A. Henderson	Klepac P		Phil Trans R Soc Lond B Biol Sci 2013 368(1623): 20130113	DOI: 10.1098/rstb.2013.0113
2014	The Rotarian conversation: Donald A Henderson			Rotarian 2014 Oct: 38-41	DAH: Chesney Med Arch