Katherine Rotan Drinker
Katherine Rotan Drinker | |
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| Born | January 12, 1888 Waco, Texas, U.S. |
| Died | March 15, 1956 (aged 68) Cataumet, Massachusetts, U.S. |
| Resting place | West Laurel Hill Cemetery, Bala Cynwyd, Pennsylvania, U.S. |
| Education | Bryn Mawr College Women's Medical College of Pennsylvania |
| Spouse | Cecil Kent Drinker |
| Relatives | Kate Rotan (mother) |
| Medical career | |
| Profession | Physician, occupational hygienist, professor |
| Institutions | Harvard School of Public Health |
Katherine Rotan Drinker (January 12, 1888 – March 15, 1956) was an American physician, educator, and occupational hygiene expert with the Harvard School of Public Health. She was co-editor of the Journal of Industrial Hygiene. She and her husband, Cecil Kent Drinker, studied the industrial poisoning of the Radium Girls at the United States Radium Corporation which advanced the field of occupational hygiene and improved worker health.