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{{Short description|American pediatrician and author}}
'''Judith Palfrey''' (born 1943) is the [[T. Berry Brazelton]] Professor of [[Pediatrics]] at [[Harvard Medical School]] and the author of ''Community Child Health: An Action Plan for Today'' (1995) and ''Child Health In America: Making A Difference Through Advocacy'' (2006), and co-author of the ''Disney Encyclopedia of Baby and Childcare'' (1999). She is also Housemaster of [[Adams House (Harvard University)|Adams House]] at [[Harvard University]] along with her husband Sean Palfrey who is also a pediatrician in Boston.
'''Judith Swann Palfrey''' ({{nee}} '''Sullivan'''; born 1945) is an American pediatrician and author. She is the [[T. Berry Brazelton]] Professor of [[Pediatrics]] at [[Harvard Medical School]] and the author of ''Community Child Health: An Action Plan for Today'' (1995) and ''Child Health In America: Making A Difference Through Advocacy'' (2006), and co-editor of ''Global Child Health Advocacy'' (2014) and the ''Disney Encyclopedia of Baby and Childcare'' (1995). She is also the former Faculty Dean of [[Adams House (Harvard University)|Adams House]] at [[Harvard University]] along with her husband Sean Palfrey who is also a pediatrician in Boston.


==Early life==
Dr. Palfrey is a 1967 graduate of [[Radcliffe College]] and the [[Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons|Columbia College of Physicians and Surgeons]]. She completed an internship and residency in pediatrics at [[Albert Einstein College of Medicine]] and a fellowship in community child health at [[Children's Hospital Boston]]. She was chief of the Division of General Pediatrics at [[Children's Hospital Boston]] for 25 years and has recently retired from that role to become director of the Childcare International Pediatric Center at [[Children's Hospital Boston]]. In 2008 she was named President-Elect of the [[American Academy of Pediatrics]] for 2009-2010. From September<ref>[http://www.aap.org/advocacy/releases/palfreyletsmove2011.htm Pediatrician Judith S. Palfrey, MD, FAAP, Named Executive Director of First Lady's ''Let's Move!'' Initiative]</ref> to December<ref>[http://blogs.suntimes.com/sweet/2012/02/michelle_obama_lets_move_direc.html Michelle Obama "Let's Move" director quietly quit in December]</ref> 2011, Palfrey was executive director of [[Michelle Obama]]'s [[Let's Move!]] initiative.
Judith "Judy" Swann Sullivan was born in [[Texas]] in 1945 and grew up in [[Baltimore, Maryland]].<ref name="Jonas-Silver2011">{{cite news |last1=Jonas-Silver |first1=Maya |title=It Takes Two: Judy and Sean Palfrey {{!}} Magazine |url=https://www.thecrimson.com/article/2011/3/24/judy-people-out-walk/ |access-date=1 March 2024 |work=[[Harvard Crimson]] |date=March 24, 2011}}</ref> She is a daughter of Dr. Maurice Sullivan, who was a professor of dermatology at [[Johns Hopkins University]], She is a granddaughter of Dr. Patrick James Sullivan and St. Clair Adams, all of [[New Orleans, Louisiana]].<ref name="1967Engagement"/>


She attended the [[Bryn Mawr School]] before graduating from [[Radcliffe College]] in 1967. She received her MD in 1971 from the [[Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons|Columbia College of Physicians and Surgeons]]. She completed an internship and residency in pediatrics at [[Albert Einstein College of Medicine]] and a fellowship in community child health at [[Children's Hospital Boston]].
One son is [[John Palfrey]], a professor of law at [[Harvard Law School]]. One son is [[Quentin Palfrey]], a senior advisor for the White House Office of Science & Technology Policy.<ref>http://www.whitehouse.gov/administration/eop/ostp/about/leadershipstaff></ref> Her daughter [[Katy Palfrey]] is the program manager of Found Animals Michelson Prize & Grants in Reproductive Biology.

==Career==
Palfrey was chief of the Division of General Pediatrics at [[Children's Hospital Boston]] for 22 years. In 2008 she was named President-Elect of the [[American Academy of Pediatrics]] for 2009-2010. From September to December 2011, Palfrey was executive director of [[Michelle Obama]]'s [[Let's Move!]] initiative. Currently, she is the director of the Global Pediatrics Program<ref>[http://www.childrenshospital.org/globalpediatrics Global Pediatrics Program, Boston Children's Hospital]</ref> at [[Boston Children's Hospital]].

==Personal life==
In September 1967 Judith was married in Baltimore to Dr. John "Sean" Gorham Palfrey Jr.,<ref name="1967Engagement">{{cite news |last1=Times |first1=Boris & MiltonSpecial to The New York |title=Judith Sullivan Is Betrothed To John Gorham Palfrey Jr. |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1967/05/28/archives/judith-sullivan-is-betrothed-to-john-gorham-palfrey-jr.html |access-date=1 March 2024 |work=[[The New York Times]] |date=28 May 1967}}</ref> a son of [[John Gorham Palfrey (academic)|John Gorham Palfrey]], the [[Columbia College of Columbia University|Dean of Columbia College]] from 1958 to 1962,<ref name="JPObit1979">{{cite news |last1=Johnston |first1=Laurie |title=JOHN PALFREY DIES; EX‐COLUMBIA DEAN |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1979/10/29/archives/john-palfrey-dies-excolumbia-dean-law-professor-served-4-years-as.html |access-date=1 March 2024 |work=[[The New York Times]] |date=29 October 1979}}</ref> and Clochette ({{nee}} [[Roosevelt family|Roosevelt]]) Palfrey, a granddaughter of President [[Theodore Roosevelt]] and a daughter of [[Kermit Roosevelt]].<ref name="1967Wedding">{{cite news |last1=Times |first1=Special to The New York |title=Miss Sullivan Wed to J.G. Palfrey Jr.; She Is the Bride of Great-Grandson of Theodore Roosevelt |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1967/09/10/archives/miss-sullivan-wed-to-jg-palfrey-jr-she-is-the-bride-of.html |access-date=1 March 2024 |work=[[The New York Times]] |date=10 September 1967}}</ref> Together, they are the parents of:

* [[John Palfrey]] (b. 1972), previously a professor and Vice Dean of [[Harvard Law School]] before becoming Head of School at Phillips Academy, is now President of the [[MacArthur Foundation]].
* [[Quentin Palfrey]] (b. 1974), who ran for Lieutenant Governor of Massachusetts and is the former Executive Director of J-PAL.
* [[Katy Palfrey]], is the CEO of [http://conservationcenters.org Conservation Centers for Species Survival (C2S2)].

==Major publications==
*Palfrey J.S. (1995) ''Community Child Health: An Action Plan for Today'' {{ISBN|0275946967}}
*Katz S.L., New M.I., Palfrey J.S. and Schulman I. (1995) ''The Disney Encyclopedia of Baby and Child Care'' {{ISBN|078688004X}}
*Palfrey J.S. (2006) ''Child Health in America. Making a Difference Through Advocacy'' {{ISBN|0801884527}}
*Palfrey, J.S. (editor) (2014) ''Global Child Health Advocacy'' {{ISBN|1581107803}}


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Latest revision as of 17:19, 25 March 2024

Judith Swann Palfrey (née Sullivan; born 1945) is an American pediatrician and author. She is the T. Berry Brazelton Professor of Pediatrics at Harvard Medical School and the author of Community Child Health: An Action Plan for Today (1995) and Child Health In America: Making A Difference Through Advocacy (2006), and co-editor of Global Child Health Advocacy (2014) and the Disney Encyclopedia of Baby and Childcare (1995). She is also the former Faculty Dean of Adams House at Harvard University along with her husband Sean Palfrey who is also a pediatrician in Boston.

Early life

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Judith "Judy" Swann Sullivan was born in Texas in 1945 and grew up in Baltimore, Maryland.[1] She is a daughter of Dr. Maurice Sullivan, who was a professor of dermatology at Johns Hopkins University, She is a granddaughter of Dr. Patrick James Sullivan and St. Clair Adams, all of New Orleans, Louisiana.[2]

She attended the Bryn Mawr School before graduating from Radcliffe College in 1967. She received her MD in 1971 from the Columbia College of Physicians and Surgeons. She completed an internship and residency in pediatrics at Albert Einstein College of Medicine and a fellowship in community child health at Children's Hospital Boston.

Career

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Palfrey was chief of the Division of General Pediatrics at Children's Hospital Boston for 22 years. In 2008 she was named President-Elect of the American Academy of Pediatrics for 2009-2010. From September to December 2011, Palfrey was executive director of Michelle Obama's Let's Move! initiative. Currently, she is the director of the Global Pediatrics Program[3] at Boston Children's Hospital.

Personal life

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In September 1967 Judith was married in Baltimore to Dr. John "Sean" Gorham Palfrey Jr.,[2] a son of John Gorham Palfrey, the Dean of Columbia College from 1958 to 1962,[4] and Clochette (née Roosevelt) Palfrey, a granddaughter of President Theodore Roosevelt and a daughter of Kermit Roosevelt.[5] Together, they are the parents of:

Major publications

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  • Palfrey J.S. (1995) Community Child Health: An Action Plan for Today ISBN 0275946967
  • Katz S.L., New M.I., Palfrey J.S. and Schulman I. (1995) The Disney Encyclopedia of Baby and Child Care ISBN 078688004X
  • Palfrey J.S. (2006) Child Health in America. Making a Difference Through Advocacy ISBN 0801884527
  • Palfrey, J.S. (editor) (2014) Global Child Health Advocacy ISBN 1581107803

References

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  1. ^ Jonas-Silver, Maya (March 24, 2011). "It Takes Two: Judy and Sean Palfrey | Magazine". Harvard Crimson. Retrieved 1 March 2024.
  2. ^ a b Times, Boris & MiltonSpecial to The New York (28 May 1967). "Judith Sullivan Is Betrothed To John Gorham Palfrey Jr". The New York Times. Retrieved 1 March 2024.
  3. ^ Global Pediatrics Program, Boston Children's Hospital
  4. ^ Johnston, Laurie (29 October 1979). "JOHN PALFREY DIES; EX‐COLUMBIA DEAN". The New York Times. Retrieved 1 March 2024.
  5. ^ Times, Special to The New York (10 September 1967). "Miss Sullivan Wed to J.G. Palfrey Jr.; She Is the Bride of Great-Grandson of Theodore Roosevelt". The New York Times. Retrieved 1 March 2024.
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