Theodore S. Drachman

Theodore Solomon Drachman (1904 July 13, 1988) was a public health official and an author.[1],[2]

Drachman attended the University of Minnesota, where he earned his M.D. in 1938, and then earned an M.S.P.H. at Columbia University in 1941.[3] He was a specialist in preventive medicine and epidemiology. He was deputy health commissioner for Westchester County in New York, and health commissioner for Columbia and Ulster counties in New York between 1946 and 1979.[1] He also worked as a consultant to various health organizations around the world.

As an author, Drachman's fiction publications included:[3]

Cry Plague! was an early Ace Double, and is well-known to science fiction bibliographers as the first Ace Double with a recognizably science-fictional plot. He also wrote one work of non-fiction: The Grande Lapu-Lapu (memoirs) (1972).[3]

Drachman died on July 13, 1988, at the age of 83, at his home in Philmont, New York, of cardiac arrest.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Theodore S. Drachman; Health Official, 83". The New York Times. 1988-07-27. Retrieved 14 May 2006.
  2. "Mystery Short Fiction: 1990-2004 Chronological List". Retrieved 14 May 2006.
  3. 1 2 3 "Roster of Physician Writers/Downman-Easmon". Retrieved 14 May 2006.

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