Tuesday, July 29, 2008

Poetic Obituaries: "The public health community has not been very

imaginative in promoting good reporting," he [Michael B. Gregg] told the New York Times in 1990. "Reporting cases ought to be as much of a reflex as carrying a stethoscope, and the names of serious offenders should be made public."

A gentlemanly colleague, he was known informally as the CDC's poet laureate, penning personalized doggerel for retirements and celebrations in the Atlanta offices until he retired in 1989. He was also a jazz drummer.

from The Washington Post: Michael B. Gregg, 78; Journal Editor Led Coverage of Disease Outbreaks

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