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Fred L. Soper  

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  • Born on December 13, 1893, in Hutchinson, Kansas, to Socrates and Mary Ann Soper, Fred Lowe Soper's work on infectious disease control—focusing on yellow fever, malaria, and typhus—earned him his reputation as one of the 20th century's most effective public health professionals. Soper earned a B.A. (1914) and M.S. in Embryology (1916) from the University of Kansas, and an M.D. from the University of Chicago (1918). [Source: Encyclopedia of Global Health; Soper, Fred L. (1893–1977)]

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