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Jump to full article: PR Newswire, 2008-07-29
Author: SOURCE American Academy of Pediatrics
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Julius B. Richmond, MD, FAAP, a pediatrician and pioneer in child
development and anti-tobacco education, died Sunday, July 27, 2008, of
cancer at his home near Boston. He was 91.
Dr. Richmond served as President Carter's Assistant Secretary for
Health and as U.S. Surgeon General from 1977 to 1981. As Surgeon General,
Dr. Richmond reinvigorated tobacco control efforts through the release of
the 1979 Surgeon General's Report presenting for the first time
overwhelming scientific evidence of the multiple harmful effects of
smoking. The American Academy of Pediatrics Julius B. Richmond Center of
Excellence - a program dedicated to eliminating children's exposure to
tobacco and secondhand smoke - is named in honor of Dr. Richmond's lifelong
commitment to the health of children and families.
"Dr. Richmond was one of the giants in our field," . . .
Although he officially retired in 1988, Dr. Richmond continued to
teach, write and mentor students and colleagues. He served as an expert
witness in several historic class-action litigations against the tobacco
industry and served as founding chair of the Medical Advisory Board of the
Flight Attendant Medical Research Institute (FAMRI). FAMRI, a
not-for-profit medical research foundation, was established as a result of
a class action suit brought against the tobacco industry on behalf of
flight attendants exposed to secondhand tobacco smoke in airline cabins.
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