What and Who Is an Epidemiologist?—Comments on an editorial

In Memoriam: Michael B. Gregg (1930–2008)

“…He has in his make-up two essential elements—common sense and the will to work … in collecting [facts] he is diligent, patient, careful, thorough and unbiased … he avoids needless or obfuscating high mathematics and formulae … he does not twist the facts… He remains broad-minded and open-minded … He is humble in his ignorance but bold in his search for truth” (1). So wrote legendary American epidemiologist Leslie Lumsden (1875–1946).…”

“…So wrote legendary American epidemiologist Leslie Lumsden (1875–1946). He was responding to the question, posed by the American Journal of Public Health in 1942, “What and who is an epidemiologist?” (1) .…”