About The Authors
C. William Keck, M.D., M.P.H., F.A.C.P.M. is Professor Emeritus of the Department of Family and Community Medicine at the Northeast Ohio Medical University, and former Director of Health for the City of Akron. He holds an MD degree from Case Western Reserve University and an MPH degree from the Harvard School of Public Health. He is Past-President of the American Public Health Association, the Council on Education for Public Health, the Ohio Public Health Association, the Association of Ohio Health Commissioners, and the Summit County Medical Society. He currently chairs the Council on Linkages Between Academia and Public Health Practice and is Editor in Chief of the journal, MEDICC Review. Dr. Keck is board certified in Preventive Medicine/Public Health and is a Fellow of the American College of Preventive Medicine. His career has been focused on providing quality public health services, teaching community health sciences to medical and other health professional students, and linking public health practice with its academic bases
David Kettlewell is a former new journalist, editor of national medical publications, producer of public helath programming for television, and author of many books. He is also an improvisational artist on chromatic harmonica working with composers worldwide.
Ardith Keck is former President of The League of Women Voters and Producer of television shows for PBS on many topics including public health issues.
