Person Record

Metadata

Name

Fogarty, John E.

Titles & honors

(D) Congressman from Rhode Island (1941- 1963). Chairman of the U.S. House Labor-HEW Committee.

Born

March 23, 1913

Birthplace

Providence, RI

Deceased

January 10, 1967

Deceased where

Washington, D.C.

Occupation

Leading national advocate for health care and reserarch in the United States.

Education

Providence College, La Salle Academy

Notes

John Fogarty was a member of Congress from the state of Rhode Island for 37 years. He was one of the country's leading advocates for health care and research in the United States. He was not only a key legislator for a national agenda but he had a vision, which was international in scope as well.

His untimely death at the age of 53 cut short a brilliant career, which had been most productive. His accomplishments included being the designer of the National Institute of Health.

A bricklayer by trade, Fogarty became active in union activities, and through this he entered politics. He was elected to Congress in 1940 and served continuously until his death in 1967. He served as Chairman of the House Labor-HEW Committee, where his deep commitment to health and welfare issues were demonstrated.

During his tenure, an explosion of legislation was passed which brought the health needs of the nation to the front of the political agenda for the first time.

During the Presidency of John F. Kennedy, Fogarty was a primary participant in the passage of federal legislation which created the President's Committee on Mental Retardation, provided for the development of comprehensive state plans for services to people mental retardation, created the University of Affiliated Programs, and funds for the development of community services for people with disabilities.

Fogarty was also a proponent for the support of training for teachers and other workers in the field of mental retardation and many other initiatives to improve services.

John Fogarty never forgot his home base in Rhode Island, and his concern for the individual was legendary, but he saw beyond the individual, the state and the country to address the illness, the suffering and the conditions that were harming people everywhere. The problems presented by mental retardation were no less in New Mexico than in Rhode Island, any less in other parts of the world than our country. He applied himself with equal vigor to these issues wherever they were.

Spouse

Luise Rohland

Othernames

John E. Fogarty

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