:David W. Fraser
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David W. Fraser (born 1944) is a researcher, educational leader and epidemiologist, working from 1971 to 1982 for the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. He also served as President of Swarthmore College from 1982 to 1991.
Fraser graduated from the George School, Haverford College, and Harvard Medical School.{{cite web |title=David W. Fraser |url=https://www.swarthmore.edu/swarthmore-college-presidents/david-w-fraser |website=Swarthmore College |accessdate=3 February 2020}}
Epidemiologist
He served as a medical epidemiologist at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention between 1971 and 1982.{{cite news |last1=Campbell |first1=Colin |title=PRESIDENT OF SWARTHMORE INSTITUTES NEW FERMENT |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1984/04/16/us/president-of-swarthmore-institutes-new-ferment.html |accessdate=3 February 2020 |work=The New York Times |date=April 16, 1984}} While there, he directed federal field investigations in Philadelphia in 1976 that led to the discovery of Legionnaires' disease.
Swarthmore College
Fraser served as President of Swarthmore College from 1982 to 1991.{{Cite web|url=https://www.swarthmore.edu/swarthmore-college-presidents/david-w-fraser|title=David W. Fraser|date=June 2, 2015|website=Swarthmore College}}
Less than a month into his tenure, Fraser asked the Board of Managers to respond to an amendment to the Military Selective Service Act, which required schools to withhold federal financial aid from students who failed to register for a draft. He felt so strongly about it being unconstitutional that he testified in front of Congress on the subject. Because of his advocacy, Swarthmore was the third in the country to join a Minnesota lawsuit against the amendment. Ultimately, the Board unanimously voted to replace any funds lost by students who declined to register.
Later career
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External links
- [https://www.cdc.gov/od/science/wewerethere/legionnaires/bios.html Biographies - Legionnaires' Disease]
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Category:American epidemiologists
Category:Centers for Disease Control and Prevention people
Category:Harvard Medical School alumni