fyi ... for those of you who did not know Milt Terris, here's the text
from the obituary provided via Larry Wallack; the obituary appeared in the
Burlington Free Press. May the rest of us aspire to make contributions
like those that Milt did, and also those of Tony Mazzocchi, for social
justice & public health.
               Nancy Krieger


DR. MILTON TERRIS
South Burlington

Dr. Milton Terris died peacefully at his home in South Burlington,
Vermont, on October 3, 2002, surrounded by family and friends. He was 87.
The cause was bone cancer and heart failure.

Dr. Terris was recognized internationally as a leader in the field of
public health and epidemiology. Through his work as researcher, writer,
educator, activist, and journal editor, he exercised a powerful influence
on the development of public health in countries around the world.

Dr. Terris was an influential mentor to health care practitioners in both
developed and undeveloped countries. He organized and taught graduate
summer schools in epidemiology for health professionals for many years,
including 17 summers at the University of Minnesota. His series of
academic exercises, known informally as "The Milton Terris exercises,"
helped to train generations of health care workers. He was regularly
invited to advise foreign governments and speak at international
conferences, traveling often to Canada, Australia, the Soviet Union,
Vietnam, Cuba, Columbia, and other Latin American countries.

As an activist for health care reform in the United States and Canada, he
called for a "Second Epidemiological Revolution" to recognize the primacy
of prevention in combating such contemporary scourges as heart disease,
cancer, lung disease, and premature births. This emphasis on prevention
before the fact rather than treatment after the fact was a recurring theme
in much of his work. For example, he publicly criticized the highly
regarded Canadian health care system for "a defect it shares with most of
the world's developed nations: its enormous expenditures for medical care
have left very little money for preventing disease and injury."

Dr. Terris also worked tirelessly for universal, equitable access to
health care. Among many other activities in this area, he was, in 1989,
one of the founders of the Vermont Consumers Campaign for Health, which
dedicated itself to working for a single-payer health care system. Through
his writings and lectures, Dr. Terris expanded the field of epidemiology
to include non-biological factors, especially socio-economic ones. Terris
argued that: "public health workers should support a higher standard of
living as the main determinant of health." He also saw the epidemic of
violence in the United States as a major public health issue: "Serious
action to combat racism, poverty, and militarism must be at the core of
the public health program to reduce violence."

Dr. Terris' contributions have been recognized through numerous awards,
including, most recently, an honorary doctorate from the University of
Montreal. The presentation was unreserved in its praise for his activism,
stating that: "Milton Terris embodied urgency of action in the face of
human suffering." In awarding him the Edward K Barsky award in 1995, the
Physicians Forum cited "his uncompromising public health leadership as
mentor to generations of health care activists. From Havana to Sydney,
from Moscow to Washington, he has pursued the naked emperor with his
fearless analytical mind."

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Nancy Krieger, PhD                 office: 617-432-1571
Associate Professor                fax:  617-432-3123
Dept of Health and Social Behavior
Harvard School of Public Health (Kresge 717)
677 Huntington Avenue
Boston, MA 02115              email:  [log in to unmask]



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