Fred J. Hart
Fred J. Hart (August 20, 1888 – 1976) was an American farmer and businessman. He was active in the field of radionics, and established the National Health Federation (NHF).
Hart was born in Linfield College, McMinnville, Oregon in 1888. In 1912 he operated a hotel in Tulare. In 1915 he married Eva Porter daughter of a wealthy rancher in Salinas. He had one daughter Margaret Elizabeth Hart. He was one of the founders of the Monterey County Farm Bureau similar state and national organizations. He was manager of KQW (now KCBS) radio station in San Francisco and several other radio stations.[1] He was chairman of the board of the Electronics Medical Foundation for over 25 years. He founded the NHF in 1956 after the U.S. Food and Drug Administration compelled his company to cease marketing untested devices for medical treatment.[2] He was a believer in radionics and influenced by the views of Albert Abrams after Harts wife was diagnosed with breast cancer and then treated in one of Abrams' clinics.
References
- ↑ Gordon Greb; Mike Adams (15 August 2003). Charles Herrold, Inventor of Radio Broadcasting. McFarland. pp. 134–. ISBN 978-0-7864-1690-5.
- ↑ Gilbert Geis (1 November 2006). White-Collar Criminal: The Offender in Business And the Professions. Transaction Publishers. pp. 273–. ISBN 978-0-202-30895-1.