Frederick Lowe Soper (December 13, 1893 – February 9, 1977) was an American

epidemiologist Epidemiology is the study and analysis of the distribution (who, when, and where), patterns and determinants of health and disease conditions in a defined population. It is a cornerstone of public health, and shapes policy decisions and evidenc ...

. Born in

Hutchinson, Kansas Hutchinson is the largest city and county seat in Reno County, Kansas, United States, and located on the Arkansas River. It has been home to salt mines since 1887, thus its nickname of "Salt City", but locals call it "Hutch". As of the 2020 ...

, his first two degrees were received from the University of Kansas, an AB in 1914 and his Masters of Science in 191

He received a

doctorate A doctorate (from Latin ''docere'', "to teach"), doctor's degree (from Latin ''doctor'', "teacher"), or doctoral degree is an academic degree awarded by universities and some other educational institutions, derived from the ancient formalism ''li ...

from the Johns Hopkins School of Public Health. Soper spent the better part of his career working for the Rockefeller Foundation. Fred Soper's best-known project was known as the Global Malaria Eradication Program. Fred Soper was featured by journalist

Malcolm Gladwell Malcolm Timothy Gladwell (born 3 September 1963) is an English-born Canadian journalist, author, and public speaker. He has been a staff writer for ''The New Yorker'' since 1996. He has published seven books: '' The Tipping Point: How Little ...

in a July 2, 2001 New Yorker article titled "The Mosquito Killer." He died in

Wichita, Kansas Wichita ( ) is the largest city in the U.S. state of Kansas and the county seat of Sedgwick County. As of the 2020 census, the population of the city was 397,532. The Wichita metro area had a population of 647,610 in 2020. It is located in ...

at the age of 83.

Bibliography

* ''Ventures in world health: the memoirs of Fred Lowe Soper''. Washington, Pan American Health Organization, Pan American Sanitary Bureau, Regional Office of the World Health Organization, 1977 * J. Austin Kerr (ed.): ''Building the health bridge: selections from the work of Fred L. Soper''. Bloomington, Indiana University Press, 1970 * Fred. L. Soper, D. Bruce Wilson, Servulo Lima and Waldemar Sá Antunes: ''The organization of permanent nationwide anti-Aedes Aegypti measures in Brazil''. New York, The Rockefeller Foundation, 1943 * Fred L. Soper and D. Bruce Wilson: ''Anopheles gambiae in Brazil : 1930 to 1940''. New York, Rockefeller Foundation, 1943

External links

The Mosquito Killer

Fred Lowe Soper Papers (1919-1975)
- National Library of Medicine finding aid
The Fred L. Soper Papers
- Profiles in Science, National Library of Medicine Malariologists American epidemiologists 1893 births 1977 deaths People from Hutchinson, Kansas Léon Bernard Foundation Prize laureates {{US-physician-stub