Walter Dowdle, public health leader in times of crises, dies at 94 - The Boston Globe

Walter Dowdle, public health leader in times of crises, dies at 94 - The Boston Globe

Walter Dowdle, a microbiologist and second-in-command at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention who helped lead the nation's early response to AIDS and later worked with the World Health Organization on the global effort to eradicate polio, died Nov. 17 at his home in Hahira, in southern Georgia. He was 94.