Edyth Schoenrich (née Hull; September 9, 1919 – September 12, 2020) was a doctor and professor at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health.
Edyth Schoenrich | |
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| Born | Edyth Maud Hull September 9, 1919 |
| Died | September 12, 2020 (aged 101) Ruxton, Maryland, U.S. |
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| Spouse |
Carlos Schoenrich
(m. 1942; died 2002) |
| Children | 2 |
| Awards | Maryland Women's Hall of Fame |
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Early life
editEdyth Maud Hull was born on September 9, 1919, in Cleveland, Ohio, to Maud Mabel (née Kelly) and Edwin John Hull, a chemical engineer.[1][2][3][4] She grew up in a multi-generational home known as the Fairmont House.[3] She graduated from a Cleveland high school.[2] She received a B.A. from Duke University in 1941 and then did graduate work in psychology there.[1][2][3][5] One of only three female students, she received a M.D. from the University of Chicago School of Medicine in 1947.[1][2][3][5]
She completed an internal medicine internship and residency at the Johns Hopkins Hospital from 1948 to 1952 and served as chief resident from 1951 to 1952.[1][2][6][3][5] She was one of the first to enroll part-time in a Master of Public Health program at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health.[1] She received the M.P.H. in 1971.[6]
Personal life
editShe married Carlos Schoenrich in 1942. They met as graduate students at Duke University.[1] He died in 2002.[2] Together, they had two children: Lola and Olaf.[1][2][3]
In the 1980s, she took up the hobby of hot air ballooning.[2] She was an avid gardener and opera fan.[3]
Career
editSchoenrich joined the Department of Medicine as an instructor of medicine at the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine in 1953.[1][2][5] She was on staff at the Baltimore City Hospital from 1963 to 1966 and was an advocate for comprehensive care for severely ill patients with long hospitalizations.[1][2][5]
In 1964, Schoenrich while working at the Maryland State Department of Health and Mental Hygiene, she started teaching at the Bloomberg School of Public Health as an associate professor.[1][2] In 1966, she was promoted to an assistant professor.[2][5]
In 1971, she was the first woman appointed to the American Board of Preventive Medicine.[5] In the same year, she was appointed Director of the Administration of the Chronically Ill and Aging, part of Maryland's Department of Health and Mental Hygiene.[2][5] At that time, she was already in charge of all state programs for disease control and prevention, two tuberculosis hospitals, and three hospitals for chronic disease and rehabilitation.[2][5] She was promoted to professor in 1974 and directed the Division of Public Health Administration until 1977.[1][2][5] She was the seventh women in the School's history to become a full professor.[1]
In 1977, Schoenrich was appointed by D.A. Henderson as the first female associate dean at Johns Hopkins University when the Bloomberg School named her Associate Dean of Academic Affairs.[1][2] She held this role until 1986.[2][5] She was also the director of Part-time Professional Programs.[5] She helped modernize the School's programs, its clinical and practice experience, and the transformation of the General Preventive Medicine Residency.[1] From 1986 to 2018, she served as the associate chair of the Master of Public Health program.[1][2]
Death
editSchoenrich died on September 12, 2020, from congestive heart failure at her home in Ruxton, Maryland. She was 101 years old.[2]
Awards
edit- 2005, Maryland Women's Hall of Fame inductee[1][2]
- 2007, Excellence in Teaching Award, Johns Hopkins University’s Alumni Association[7]
- Ernest Lyman Stebbins Medal, Johns Hopkins[1][2]
- Golden Apple teaching award, Johns Hopkins[1][2]
In 1996, the Bloomberg School established the Edyth Schoenrich Professorship in Preventive Medicine and the Edyth Schoenrich Scholarship to honor her work and legacy.[1][2][5]
References
edit- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s "In Memoriam – Edyth Hull Schoenrich, MD, MPH '71". Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. Retrieved May 29, 2021.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w Rasmussen, Frederick N. (September 19, 2020). "Dr. Edyth H. Schoenrich, a Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health faculty member for more than 50 years, dies". The Baltimore Sun. Retrieved May 29, 2021.
- ^ a b c d e f g "Edyth Hull Schoenrich, MD". brown-forward.com. Retrieved May 29, 2021.
- ^ "Frat Picks 30 Students". The Charlotte Observer. October 23, 1940. p. 11. Retrieved May 29, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m "Dr. Edyth Hull Schoenrich". National Institutes of Health. Retrieved May 29, 2021.
- ^ a b "WiseWords". Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. Retrieved May 29, 2021.
- ^ "Edyth Schoenrich". Portrait Collection – The Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions. Retrieved May 29, 2021.