Julius B. Richmond,
Health Services: Past, Present, and Future

Julius B. Richmond, MD, is the John D. MacArthur Professor of Health Policy Emeritus at Harvard University. Dr. Richmond was a pioneer in the introduction of psychosocial development into pediatric education, research, and services and served as the first director of the national Head Start program. From 1977 to 1981, he was Surgeon General and Assistant Secretary for Health of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. His report, Healthy People: The Surgeon General's Report on Health Promotion and Disease Prevention established quantitative health goals for the nation—a process that has been institutionalized by the U.S. Public Health Service. His current interests are health policies, particularly those on health promotion and disease prevention, and the developmental antecedents of habituation from conceptual, methodological, and public policy approaches.