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By 1919, when she was
appointed to the faculty of Harvard University, Alice Hamilton had
achieved international recognition as the leading American expert on
industrial hygiene and toxicology. Thus, it was not just that she
was “…about the only candidate available, as she wrote in her
autobiography, she was the best candidate! Of course, there had been
considerable controversy among the members of the “Corporation”
(equivalent to our Board of Regents) over her appointment.
Not long after her
appointment, objections arose about her involvement in the Quaker
Relief Fund for Starving German Children. A member of the “Board of
Overseers” and a major fundraiser for the industrial hygiene
program, Dr. Frederick Shattuck, advised her that an important donor
had threatened to withhold further contributions
as long as a “pro German” was on the faculty. Shattuck asked
Alice to cease her public advocacy activities. Her answer was
contained in a letter dated December 9th, 1919 (Slide
33).
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